WO2001049153A1

WO2001049153A1 - Device for hanging up and taking down curtains, and curtain hooklets for said device

Info

Publication number: WO2001049153A1
Application number: PCT/DE2000/004645
Authority: WO
Inventors: Gerhard Roschenzow; Egon Roschenzow
Original assignee: Gerhard Roschenzow; Egon Roschenzow
Priority date: 2000-01-04
Filing date: 2000-12-22
Publication date: 2001-07-12
Also published as: DE10000100C1

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for hanging up and taking down curtains, and curtain hooklets for said device, comprising: a head for placing on a curtain rail or curtain strip, whereby the track or the strip is provided with a T-nut for hooklets secured to the curtain and the head is provided with a feeder and a take-off slit in the form of a T-nut having an upper and a lower opening for the hooklets, which can be oriented on the upper end placed on a rail or strip with a T-nut; guiding agents at the head, which are mounted in a shock-absorbing manner and engage behind the slit into the T-nut; holding agents at the head with a T-shaped, rotatable upper end, wherewith the holding agent securely engages with the T-nut; an elongated magazine for a plurality of hooklets, which can be detachably connected to the head at the lower end of the slit and a suitably shaped T-nut for the hooklet, whereby: the hooklet has a guide head for insertion in the T-nut of the rail or strip, the guide head is provided with a splaying agent at the side which can be elastically deformed in a direction transverse to the T-nut, whereby the splaying agent is provided with upper and lowrr arms, disposed in the splay direction. The upper arms lie in a splayed position on the lower edge of the T-nut and the lower arms are located below the T-nut; the upper arms when deformed at the side disengage with the lower edges of the T-nut; the slit at the upper end of the head of the device are provided with means which facilitate an inwards pressing action at the side on the lower arms of the splaying agent.

Description

Device for hanging and hanging curtains, as well as hooks for this device

description

The present invention relates to a device for hanging and hanging curtains, and curtain hooks for this device.

A device for hanging and hanging curtains, such as curtains, stores and the like, consisting of a head for placing on the curtain rail or curtain rail, the rail or bar is a T-Νut for hooks attached to the curtain and the Head has a feed and removal slot in the form of a T-Νut with an upper and a lower open end for the hooks, which can be aligned with the T-Νut when the upper end is attached to the rail or bar, guide means on the head, which are resilient are stored and engage behind the slot in the T-Νut, holding means on the head with a T-shaped, rotatable upper end with which the

Locking means engage in the T-Νut, as well as an elongated magazine for a plurality of hooks, which is releasably connectable to the head following the lower end of the slot and has a suitably aligned T-Νut for the hooks, is from DE -A-44 10 805 known. A similar device in which the head is fixed in the T-groove of a rail by means of a wing screw branches off DE-39 02 261. A disadvantage of these two devices is that in order to remove the hooks from the T-groove of the rail to lead into the slot of the head, it is proposed to widen the T-groove of the rail through a recess or hole which must be closed again with a blind plug, otherwise the curtain can slip out through the recess or the hole during normal use. With DE-A-42 38 454 an attempt was made to overcome this disadvantage by proposing a similar device here, in which two rollers of hooks on bearing arms are arranged one behind the other in the running direction, the bearing arms being elastic and by one Constriction in the receiving slot of the head of the device can be compressed to a removal width, as a result of which they can be transferred into the head and then an associated magazine. This device also has an inlet rib and centering pins, as well as T-shaped locking means for the head in the curtain track. This device consists of a relatively large number of individual parts, the hooks are of complex construction and can only be transferred into the head with greater force.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device of the type mentioned, in which an intervention in the existing strip or rail structure is not required, which can be easily used with various rails and strips, which is easy to use, which runs smoothly is and which has a simple structure and is therefore inexpensive to manufacture.

This object is achieved with the features of the characterizing part of claim 1. Developments and advantageous embodiments of the invention are included in the further claims.

According to the invention, a device for hanging and hanging curtains, as well as curtain hooks for this device, consists of. a head for attachment to the curtain track or curtain rail, wherein there is a T-groove for hooks attached to the curtain in the rail or bar and the head has a feed and removal slot in the form of a T-groove with an upper and a lower open End for the check mark, which can be aligned with the T-groove when the upper end is attached to the rail or bar;

Guide means on the head, which are spring-loaded and engage behind the slot in the T-groove; Retaining means on the head with a T-shaped, rotatable upper end with which the retaining means engage in a locking manner in the T-groove; an elongated magazine for a plurality of hooks, which is releasably connectable to the head following the lower end of the slot and has a suitably aligned T-groove for the hooks, characterized in that the hooks have a guide head for insertion into the T -Not the rail or ledge, that the guide head has lateral expansion means which are elastically deformable in a direction pointing transversely to the T-groove, the expansion means having upper and lower arms which are arranged in the expansion direction, the upper arms in Spread position on the lower edges of the T-slot and the lower arms are below the T-slot; that the upper arms are out of engagement with the lower edges of the T-slot due to lateral deformation; and that the slot at the top of the head of the device has means for laterally compressing the lower arms of the expander.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the spreading means each consist of two legs arranged one behind the other, one of which is aligned to one side of the T-slot and the other to the other side of the T-slot, the legs sloping downwards in the spread position and project from the outside of the guide head and the legs each have an upper arm and a lower arm. The lower arms are extensions of the legs that bend laterally outwards, the hooks being made of plastic and that the legs are molded onto the guide head. The means for laterally acting on the lower arms of the expanding means are a constriction in the slot of the head of the device.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the slot has, through lateral webs, the shape of a double, superimposed T-groove, the upper arms of the expansion means fitting into the upper T-groove and the lower arms into the lower T-groove fit and that the constriction is arranged at the upper end of the lower T-groove, which opens again behind the constriction.

The holding means for the head are arranged at the upper end of a rod rotatably mounted in the head, the rod having a lateral stop for abutting the inside of the head, which limits the rotation to 90 °. The stop is advantageously guided in a cam control of the head, with rotation in the locking direction leading to an axial lowering of the rod. The rod preferably has a handwheel which can be actuated laterally through a recess in the head.

The magazine is of tubular design in a known manner and consists of flexibly interconnected plastic members, it having an upper and lower end and the upper end being provided with elastic locking means for releasably engaging in recesses in the head in the region of the lower end of the slot, wherein the magazine has recesses for the locking means of the same magazine at its lower end. The magazine has a simple T-groove for the upper arms of the hooks and advantageously has a rotatable bracket at its lower end, with which the lower end can be closed. According to a special embodiment of the invention, a manually operated slide is arranged in the head, with which the latching means of the magazine can be brought out of engagement with the recess in the head.

The resiliently mounted guide means are advantageously acted upon in the direction of the T-groove of the rail or bar, their upper end being designed as a vertical plate which engages coaxially in the longitudinal direction in the T-groove and which points outwards at the bottom of the plate Connect inclined surfaces with which the guide means rest on the side edges of grooves of different widths. The invention is described in more detail below by way of example with reference to drawings. Show: Figure 1 is a side view of the device with head, hook and magazine mounted on a curtain rail.

Figure 2 is a top perspective view of a head;

3 shows a perspective view from below of a head with magazine;

4 is a perspective view looking into a half-shell of a head;

Figure 5 is a check mark in a curtain rail of a style set.

6 shows a check mark in a curtain rail;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a magazine.

The device 1 according to the invention for hanging and hanging curtains consists, as shown in FIG. 1, of a head 100, which, as will be described further below, is attached from below to a curtain rail or curtain rail 4 and by means of the curtain hook 200 (with the curtain or the like connected to them) can be threaded from the rail or bar 4 into a magazine 300 attached to the bottom of the head. Conversely, the ticks can be reinserted from the magazine into the rail or bar 4, for example after washing the curtain.

2 to 4 show the structure of the head 100 in more detail. This consists of a number of injection molded plastic parts which are arranged in or on two half shells made of plastic, FIG. 4 showing a view of a plastic half shell 100 'with the connecting pins 116 to the other Half shell shows. The head 100 is shaped at the top with a flat, elongated section for abutment against the rail or bar and tapers downwards from there. For the introduction into the T-groove of the rail or bar, it has two guide means 105 and 106 protruding beyond the flat section. As shown in FIG. 4, the guide means 105, 106 have a vertical plate 105 'at the top. with which they are in the T-slot of the Align rail or bar. Following the plate 105 ', the guide means 105, 106 have laterally extending inclined surfaces 105 "with which they come to rest on the side edges of the T-groove. Between the two guide means 105 and 106 there is a holding means 107 with a T-shaped Arranged head which is rotatably mounted in the head 100. For insertion into the T-groove of the rail or bar, the T-shaped head is rotated in alignment with its longitudinal direction, and as soon as it is inserted into the T-groove, it is with its upper The end is placed transversely to the T-groove and thereby holds the head in the rail or bar. The guide means 105, 106 are at their lower end opposite the vertical plate 105 'or the inclined surfaces 105 "by means of molded-on spring elements 1111 which are supported in the head 100 on stop bars, resiliently mounted and press against the edges of the T.Nut when the head is fastened to the rail or bar, whereby the head is locked when you lock it rch the holding means 107 firmly and without wobbling on the rail or bar. To lock the holding means 107, the shaft 110 of the T-shaped head is connected at the bottom to a rod 113 which ends at the lower end of the head 100 in a flat cylindrical handwheel 108 which can be moved by hand through lateral recesses in the half-shells of the head 100 , The rod 113 is provided with a lateral stop head 112, which limits its rotary movement between a connecting pin 116 and a stop 118 on a web of the half-shell (100 'in FIG. 4) from 90 ° between the insertion position and the locking position.

At its upper, front end, the head 100 is provided with a feed and removal slot for the hooks, which, when the head 100 is in the installed position, is aligned with the T-groove of the curtain rail or strip. The hooks 200 are, as can be seen from FIG. 5, flat plastic injection molded parts with a lower, U-shaped hook part 202 and an upper guide head 203. The free end 201 of the hook part 202 rests in a known manner in a recess of the guide head and can can be bent out elastically to accommodate hangers in curtain tapes. The guide head 203 has a circumferential frame from which the hook part 202 protrudes below. Cross to the narrow side of the hook 200, with which these are pushed into the T-groove of the rail or bar the, spreading means are arranged below on an upper web of the frame, which protrude laterally over the contour of the check mark. These spreading means are two elastic arms which are arranged one behind the other and point in the opposite direction and which consist of an upper, nose-like part 206 and an L-shaped lower part 204, 205 which points outward and adjoins them. With the side tabs, the upper parts 206 lie laterally in the T-groove of the rail or bar 4 ', while the lower arms 204, 205 serve to push the elastic expansion means inwards, which leads to the upper arms 206 lose their hold on the side webs 41 of the T-groove 42 and can be removed from the rail or bar or inserted into them. 5 and 6 illustrate the universal field of application of the hooks 200 according to the invention, a rail 4 'of a style set being shown in FIG. 5 and a curtain strip 4 "being shown in FIG. 6. In the latter, the hook 200 is different from that described above The rail 42 is pressed more closely into the groove 42 'and the side lugs 206 only rest with their tips on the side webs 41', which, however, gives them sufficient hold due to the narrower tolerances here. The lower arms 205 can still be compressed as far as possible that the lugs 206 can slide from the uprights 41 'through the groove 42'.

For this purpose, the head 100, as can be seen in particular from FIG. 2, is provided with an inlet constriction 101 at the beginning of the feed and removal slot. This has a groove 102 which is open all the way to the lower end of the head 100 and which practically continues the T-groove of the curtain rail or strip. If the hooks 200 are guided out of the T-groove of the rail or bar into the feed and removal slot, the lateral constriction 101 above the groove 102 presses the lower arms 204, 205 of the spreading means of the hooks 200 together and these can separate themselves loosen the T-slot and slide through the weight of the curtain or by pulling or pushing into the feed and removal slot. After the constriction, this consists of two T-grooves 103 and 104 arranged one above the other, the lateral guides of which on the one hand hold the lower arms (front T-groove 103) and on the other hand the lateral lugs 206 (rear T-groove 104). The arrangement of these two grooves 103, 104 can also be seen in FIG. 4, which in particular illustrates their lower outlet. The magazine 300 is to be connected to the lower outlet of the feed and removal slot of the head 100, as shown in FIG. 3. As can also be seen from FIG. 7, the magazine consists of a plurality of ring-like, coaxial and congruent links which are connected to one another in an articulated manner. The links have a jointly aligned groove 301 on one side and are connected to one another in film-like fashion on the opposite side, so that the magazine 300 can be rolled up. The magazine 300 is inserted with its front connecting part 306 into the lower outlet of the head 100 such that the groove 301 is aligned with the groove 102 of the head and the hooks 200 can be pushed further into or out of the magazine 300. For the connection to the head 100, the front connecting part 306 on its side opposite the groove 301 has an outwardly resilient tongue 309, which when inserted into the outlet on the head 100 into a recess 11 (FIG. 4) on one Groove 104 at the rear closing web. Stops 308 on the other side of the connecting part 306 come to rest on the lower edge of the head 100 (see FIG. 3) and ensure with the tongue 309 that the magazine 300 is firmly seated on the head 100. To release the magazine, a slide 109 is arranged in the head, which is biased outwards by an injection-molded spring element 115 through an opening of the head and which is thus actuated by hand against the force of this spring element 115 in the direction of the above-mentioned assumption 1 17 can be pressed that a front trigger 1 14 of the slide presses the tongue 109 of the front connecting part 306, whereby the magazine 300 can be pulled off. The slider 109 is designed as a hollow part which is guided laterally around the handwheel 108. The magazine 300 has at its other end a termination and connecting part 302, which has both a recess 304 for receiving the tongue of one of the front connecting part of another magazine, so that larger curtain widths can be accommodated, as well as lateral bores 305, in which a bracket 303 is pivotally mounted (see FIG. 3), with which the magazine 300 can be closed at the bottom. The front connecting part 306 has a narrowing of the groove 301 so that the spreading means of the hooks 200 which leave the head 100 with great play lightly squeezed to give the curtain or drape better hold in the magazine.

Claims

Expectations

1. Device (1) for hanging and hanging curtains, and curtain hooks (200) for this device, consisting of. a head (100) for placement on the curtain rail (4 ') or curtain rail (4 "), the rail or bar having a T-groove for hooks attached to the curtain and the head having a feed and removal slot in the form has a T-groove with an upper and a lower open end for the hooks which, when the upper end is attached to the rail or bar (4 ', 4 "), with the T-groove of the rail or bar (4', 4") can be aligned;

Guide means (105, 106) on the head, which are spring-loaded and engage behind the feed and removal slot in the T-groove of the rail or bar (4 ', 4 "); holding means (107) on the head with a T- shaped, rotatable upper end with which the holding means engage in a locking manner in the T-groove of the rail or bar (4 ', 4 "); an elongated magazine (300) for a plurality of hooks, which is releasably connectable to the head following the lower end of the slot and has a suitably aligned T-slot for the hooks, and into the T-slot of the rail or bar ( 4 ', 4 ") or the head (100) engaging in a spread position on the edges of the T-slot and against spring action transversely to the T-slot to a smaller width than the T-slot compressible checkmark characterized in that the checkmark (200) have a guide head (203) for insertion into the T-groove of the rail or bar, which has lateral expansion means which are elastically deformable in a direction transverse to the T-groove, the expansion means upper (206) and have lower (204, 205) arms which are aligned in the spreading direction, the upper arms resting in a spread position on the edges of the T-slot and the lower arms being below the T-slot; and that the feed and take-off slot at the upper end of the head has means for laterally compressing the lower arms (205) of the expansion means, whereby the upper arms disengage from the edges of the T-groove due to lateral deformation.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the spreading means each consist of two superposed Schen- no, one of which is aligned to one side of the T-slot and the other to the other side of the T-slot, the Legs in the spread position project obliquely downwards and outwards from the guide head, and that the legs each have an upper arm (206) and a lower arm (204, 205).

3. Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the lower arms (204, 205) are laterally bent extensions of the legs.

4. Apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the hooks are made of plastic and that the legs are molded onto the guide head.

5. Device according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the means for laterally acting on the lower Anne of the spreading means are a constriction (101) in the slot of the head (100) of the device.

6. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the slot by lateral webs has the shape of a double, superimposed T-groove, the upper arms of the expansion means fit in the upper T-groove and the lower arms in the lower T- Fit groove and that the constriction is located at the upper end of the lower T-groove, which opens again behind the constriction.

7. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding means (107) for the head are arranged at the upper end of a rotatably mounted rod (113), the rod having a lateral stop (112) for contact the inside of the head, which limits the rotation to 90 °.

8. The device according to claim 7, characterized. that the stop is guided in a curve control of the head. wherein rotation in the locking direction leads to an axial lowering of the rod.

9. The device according to claim 7 or 8, characterized. that the rod (113) has a handwheel (108) which can be actuated laterally through a recess in the head.

10. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the magazine (300) is tubular and consists of flexibly interconnected plastic members, that the magazine has an upper and lower end, that the upper end with elastic locking means (309) for has the releasable engagement in recesses on the head in the region of the lower end of the slot, and that the magazine has at least one recess (304) at its lower end for the latching means of the same magazine.

11. The device according to claim 10, dadurcgh characterized in that the magazine has a simple T-groove (301) for the upper arms of the hook.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the magazine has at its lower end a pivotable bracket (303) with which the lower end can be closed

13. Device according to one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that in the head (100) a manually operated slide (109) is arranged, with which the latching means of the magazine are bπngbar except mating with the recess m the head.

14. The apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the spring-mounted guide means (105, 106) are acted upon in the direction of the T-groove of the rail or bar, that its upper end is designed as a vertical plate (105 '), which in their longitudinal direction engages coaxially in the T-groove, and that at the bottom adjoining outward-facing sloping surfaces (105 ") with which the guide means bear against the side edges of grooves of different widths.