WO2001066374A1

WO2001066374A1 - Automatic cover for vehicles

Info

Publication number: WO2001066374A1
Application number: PCT/PL2001/000017
Authority: WO
Inventors: Stanislaw Stanaszek
Original assignee: Stanislaw Stanaszek
Priority date: 2000-03-07
Filing date: 2001-03-02
Publication date: 2001-09-13
Also published as: PL338839A1

Abstract

The car protective cover (2) is wound up round a spool. The first embodiment contains a horizontal spool in housing (1) fixed permanently to carbody. Cover (2) is joined with spreading arms (3) mounted movably in grooves in the carbody. Arms (3) are moved by a motor-driven mechanism (4) mounted on axle (8) which is joined permanently with arms (3). On axle (8) a limiting pin (9) is mounted inside a bushing (10). In the second embodiment cover (2) is wound up a vertical spool by a motordriven mechanism situated in the housing (30) mounted on top of the car and slidable in vertical direction. Housing (30) has grooves and cover (2) has guides for straining lines (31) mounted inside the guides. For both embodiments there is a locking mechanism (5) mounted on the body of the car.

Description

AUTOMATIC COVER FOR VEHICLES

The Invention subject-matter Is a car protective screen for protecting a vehicle against the influence of bad weather conditions.

Known protective screens are simply canvas covers which are installed and removed manually. A car protective screen is unknown.

The gist of the solution consists In that, that a cover is wound up round a spool. The axis of the spool may be horizontal or vertical. The spool is situated inside a housing. The housing of the horizontal spool is fastened permanently to the body of a car. The cover is fastened to a horizontal stringer. The protective screen according to the invention has spreading arms wich are installed movably in grooves made in the body of the car. The spreading arms are fastened to the cover and to a motor-driven mechanizm which realizes their sideward movement. The mechanizm Is installed slidably on an axle. The axle and the spreading arms are joined together. There is a limiting pin situated on the axle. The pin Is at the same time mounted slidably inside a bushing. The car protecting screen according to the Invention has a locking mechanizm situated on the body of the car.

According to the second version of the invention the spool has a vertical axis. The cover Is not only wound up round the spool but also fastened to it perpendicularly to its axis. The spool is Joined with a clutch which is Joined with a motor. The spool is situated inside a housing which is Installed slidably in vertical direction on the top of a car. The housing has grooves and the cover has guides. The guides of the cover are installed in the groove of the housing. The cover has also strafnig lines situated in the guides. There is a locking mechanizm mounted on the body of the car. The invention subject-matter is shown on drawings. Fig.l shows the car protective screen having a horizontal spool. Fϊg.2, fljg.3, fig.4 and fig.5 show the examples of the motor-driven mechanizm which realizes the sideward movement of the spreading arms. FIg.6, flg.7, and fϊg.8 show the examples of the locking mechanizm. FIg.9 shows the car protective screen having a vertical spool. The car protective screen according to the Invention has a horizontal spool and a cover 2. The cover 2 is wound up round the spool and slmutaneously fastened to a horizontal stringer. The spool is situated inside a housing 1 which is fastened to the body of a car. The housing 1 has an opening which has a brush Inside. The shape of the opening Is adapted to the shape of the cover 2. The body of the car has grooves in which spreading arms 3 are installed. The arms 3 are Joined with the cover 2. The arms 3 have a motor-driven mechanizm 4 which enables their sideward movement. There is a locking mechanizm 5 mounted on the body of the car. The mechanizm 4 Is driven by a motor 6. The mechanizm 4 by the way of examples is shown on flg.2, fig.3 and fig-4. The example shown on flg.2 has a form of a rolling device 7 which Is installed slidably on an axles 8 Joined with the arms 3. A limiting pin 9 is situated on the axle 8 and it is simultaneously Installed slidably Inside a bushing 10. The rolling device 7 is driven by the motor 6 Joined with a gear. The spreading of the cover 2 is the consequence of the sideward movement of the arms 3. The limiting pin 9 regulates the reach of the arms 3. Fig.3 shows the mechanizm 4 which consists of electromagnets 11 which realize the movement of the arms 3 and the springs 12 which realize their return movement. Fig. 4 shows the mechanizm 4 as a hydraulic device. The pistons 13 of the hydraulic device realize the movement of the arms 3 and the springs 14 realize the return movement of the pistons 13 and thus the return of the arms 3. FIg.5 shows the example of the invention in which the spreading arms 3 are telescope arms. The telescope arms are Joined with an axle 15 mounted slidably inside a bushing t6 and simultaneously on the splines of a guard of a motor-driven worm gear. The axle 15 has an oil passage inside. The movement ot he axle 15 Is enabled by the motor-driven worm gear. The axle 15 moves till the pin 18 moves out of the bushing 16. Further movement of the worm gear causes swinging motion of the telescope arms on therange of 180° and their forward movement as the result of oil supply. The oil is supplied by the passage inside the axle 15. After the spreading of the cover 2 a line with hook should be put out of the locking mechanizm 5. The hook should be fastened in the hole of the cover 2. The cover 2 is installed as a result of straining the lines of the mechaniz 5. The locking mechanizm 5 is driven by a spiral spring or by a motor. The examples of the locking mechanizm 5 are shown on fig. 6, fig.7, fJg£.

Fig.6 shows the locking mechanizm 5 which is composed of a spool 19 and a line 20 wound up around the spool 19. The line 20 has a hook 21. There is a spiral spring 22 inside the spool 19. Another example is shown on fig.7. The locking mechanizm 5 consist of a strip 23 having a mobile hook 24. The strip 23 is mounted slidably in the groove of the body of the car and It Is driven by a motor 25. There is a roll 26 mounted on the strip 23 which protects the strip 23 against locking. FJg. 8 shows the locking mechanizm 5 made up of an arm 27 ended with a hook 28 and mounted slidably on an axle 29. The arm 27 is driven by a motor. Fig. 9 shows the version of the invention having a vertical spool. The cover 2 Is wound up round a vertical spool and simultaneously fastened to It perpendicularly to its axis. The spool Is Joined with a motor-driven gear. The spool is situated Inside a housing 30 which

5 is mounted slidably in vertical direction on the top of a car. The housing 30 has grooves. The cover 2 has guides. The guides are mounted slidably in the grooves. The cover 2 has stralnlg lines 31 mounted slidably in the guides which enables to Join the cover 2 with the locking mechanizm 5 situated on the body of the car. The lines

10 31 are strained around the spools of the locking mechanizm 5. After loosening the line 31 the cover is wound up round the spool due to Its rotary moution.

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS

1. The car protective screen having a cover, characterized by this, that the cover 2 is fastened to a horizontal stringer and simultaneously wound up round a horizontal spool mounted inside a housing 1 which Is fastened to a car, and said cover 2 Is Joined with spreading arms 3 which are mounted movably in grooves made in the body of the car, and the arms 3 have a motor- driven mechanizm 4 situated slidably on an axle 8 and driven by a motor 6, and on said axle 8 Is situated a limiting phi 9 mounted simultaneously inside a bushing 10, and said axle 8 is permanently Joined with the arms 3, and furthermore a locking mechanizm 5 is mounted on the body of the car.

2. The screen according to claim 1, wherein the housing 1 has an opening adapted to the shape of the wound cover 2, and inside the opening there is a brush.

3. The screen according to claim 1, wherein- the spreading arms 3 are telescope arms.

4. The screen according to claim 1, wherein the mechanizm 4 Is a rolling device 7 Joined with a gear Joined with the motor 6.

5. The screen according to claim 1, wherein the mechanizm 4 consists of an electromagnet 11 and a spring 12.

6. The screen according to claim 1, wherein the mechanizm 4 Is made up of a hydraulic device having pistons 13 and springs 14.

7. The screen according to claim 3, wherein the mechanizm 4 consists of an axle 15 Joined with the telescope arms, and said axle 15 has an oil passage inside It, and it is mounted slidably inside a bushing 16 and simultaneously on the splines of the guard of a worm gear Joined with the motor 6.

8. The car protective screen having a cover, charactrized by this, that the cover 2 is wound up round a vertical spool and simultaneously fastened to It perpendicularly to its axis and the spool Is Joined with a gear Joined with a motor and said spool Is installed inside a housing 30 which is mounted slidably in vertical direction on the top of. a car, and said housing 30 has grooves which cooperate with guides of the cover 2, and In said guides strahiig lines 31 are situated, and furthermore there is the locking mechanizm 5 mounted on the body of the car.

9. The screen according to claim 1 or 8, wherein the locking mechanizm 5 consists of a line 20 with a hook 21 wound up round a spool 19, and Inside the spool 19 there is a spiral spring 22 or a gear Joined with a motor.

10. The screen according to claim 1 or 8, wherein the locking mechanizm 5 Is composed of a strip 23 having a movable hook 24 and mounted slidably h a groove of the body of the car, and there is a roll 26 mounted on a strip 23, and said strip 23 is Joined with a motor 25.

11. The screen according to claim 1 or 8, wherein the locking mechanizm 5 Is made up of an arm 27 ende with a hook 28 and mounted slidably on an axle 29 and and Joined with a gear Joined with a motor.