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EP0581005B1
EP0581005B1 EP93109579A EP93109579A EP0581005B1 EP 0581005 B1 EP0581005 B1 EP 0581005B1 EP 93109579 A EP93109579 A EP 93109579A EP 93109579 A EP93109579 A EP 93109579A EP 0581005 B1 EP0581005 B1 EP 0581005B1
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winding drum
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Wilhelm Hachtel
Rudolf Dr.-Ing. Fetsch
Richard Frank
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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
    • E06B9/28—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
    • 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
    • E06B9/262—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with flexibly-interconnected horizontal or vertical strips; Concertina blinds, i.e. upwardly folding flexible screens
    • 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
    • E06B9/262—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds with flexibly-interconnected horizontal or vertical strips; Concertina blinds, i.e. upwardly folding flexible screens
    • E06B2009/2622—Gathered vertically; Roman, Austrian or festoon blinds

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  • the invention relates to a Roman blind according to the preamble of Claim 1.
  • a roller blind is known, the pull cords fixed at one end to a rail and each over two deflection rollers arranged in the rail are guided, where the blind is raised or lowered by changing the mutual distance between the two pulleys becomes.
  • one of the guide rollers of each pair of guide rollers is used arranged on a common slider that by means of a pearl chain in the rail along the Rail is movable. Winding drums for winding the pull cords are not provided here. The excess pull cord length when lifting the curtain, it is simply in the Rail tensioned between the two pulleys. An arcuate It is also not possible to design this roller blind, because then the slide in the rail can no longer be moved would be and rub the pull cords themselves on the rail or even jump off the pulleys.
  • the present invention has for its object a To enable the production of Roman blinds in the shape of an arch.
  • the bar can easily are bent, with the small winding drums arranged on it do not bother.
  • the chain or other flexible drive means are simply in the grooves of the bar when bending carried along.
  • the at least one winding drum can do this be connected to a gear arranged coaxially to it. If the at least one winding drum is in a housing is rotatably supported against the force of a spring, can prevent the automatic lowering of the blind without one To have to provide locking for the chain or the like.
  • the spring can be a coil spring, the live under tension on a stored in the housing against rotation cylindrical pin is wound, the spring ends bent radially outward and in the circumferential direction of the Spring are spaced apart by a certain angle, the winding drum has a hollow cylindrical extension with a has axially parallel recess that rotates the cylindrical pin plugged with the coil spring is that the spring ends protrude into the recess, and on the outer circumference of the extension of the winding drum Gear is rotatably arranged, one radially inward has pointing nose, which from the outside into the recess of the Extension and protrudes between the two spring ends, see above that when the gear rotates one of the spring ends is loaded by the nose. Grabs the nose by pressing the gear, for example by means of a pearl necklace one of the spring ends, it is widened, d. H. your Windings detach from the bearing journal and allow turning the winding drum and thus pulling up or lowering the Curtain.
  • the winding drum rotates, for example, under the Weight of a heavy curtain automatically, so the hollow cylindrical extension of the winding drum with the edges its recess from the outside on one of the two spring ends and thereby compresses the spring.
  • the Winding drum and the gear but also made from one piece be, for example an automatic unrolling of the curtain can be prevented by a simple leaf spring can, against the force of which the winding drum is mounted in the housing is.
  • the strip of the Roman blind can advantageously be a profile rail be with three longitudinal grooves, wherein in the the outer grooves, the chain or the toothed belt or the like. are guided and the middle groove of the fastening of the winding drums and the fastening of the rail itself to the ceiling or serves on a carrier.
  • a rail is inexpensive producible and enables exact chain guidance or the like in relation to the winding drums.
  • the housing of the winding drums can in a preferred embodiment by means of a clip connection in the middle groove of the profile rail be attachable. This has to do with the provision of separate attachment points - for example holes - for the winding drums have the advantage that no custom-made products of rails for blinds of different widths are necessary.
  • the rail is simply made as a long profile from which individual rails of the desired length can be separated.
  • the drums are then placed according to the location of the Fastening points of the cords on the curtain clipped into the rail.
  • the position of the winding drums can be so regulate finely that an exact engagement of the drive chain or the like into the gears connected to the winding drums is guaranteed.
  • the strip can be parallel to the strip level at one of its ends aligned pulley and at its other end two deflection rollers arranged perpendicular to the last level have a pearl chain for driving the winding drums.
  • the Pearl chain is designed as an endless chain and hangs over the two vertical pulleys of the bar in one loose loop down to adjust the winding drums and thus enable the position of the curtain by hand.
  • the bar can have one at both ends Deflection roller aligned parallel to the last level Chain or a toothed belt or the like. have one of the Rollers can be driven by a motor. This is where the drive takes place again via an endless drive element, the however, is guided around the two guide rollers with a precise fit.
  • a motor on one of the deflection rollers drives the Chain or the like This motor can expediently be operated by means of a Quick release on the pulley to be attachable to to enable quick assembly and disassembly.
  • the curtain is also on the bar is attached.
  • This is the roman blind the invention much more space-saving than the previously known Roller blinds, in addition to the drive shaft for the Winding drums a separate mounting strip for the Blinds are necessary.
  • winding drums, Blind and drive chain together in one Bar attachable This also reduces the weight of the blind, and it gets a more delicate look.
  • the curtain can be detachably attached to the Bar be attached.
  • the free end of the winding cord detachable on the winding drum by means of a plastic clip be attached. In this way, the curtain can be shared with the cords for cleaning or for exchange another curtain can be removed.
  • cords 13 is adjustable in height.
  • the cord 13 is on a drop bar not shown in Fig. 1 at the lower end of the curtain 11 attached and in several places of the curtain guided by eyelets 14, whereby the curtain 11 when pulling up the cord 13 folds 16.
  • the cord will be there wound on a winding drum 17, which in a housing 18th inserted freely rotatable and with this on the aluminum rail 12 is attached.
  • the winding drum 17 is firmly connected to a gear 19, that protrudes into a longitudinal groove 20 in the rail 12 and engages with a pearl necklace 21 guided in this groove 20 stands.
  • the pearl necklace 21 is designed as an endless chain and is guided along the entire length of the rail 12, so that with their help, several winding drums 17 parallel to each other are drivable.
  • the pearl necklace 21 At the left end of the rail 12 is the pearl necklace 21 via a horizontally arranged deflection roller 22, the 2 can be seen more clearly, guided and in one second longitudinal groove in the rail 12 to the right end of the rail returned.
  • At the right end of the rail 12 are two vertical deflection rollers 23 arranged parallel to one another and 24 arranged for the pearl necklace 21.
  • the pearl necklace 21 hangs freely in a loop bottom so that by pulling on the front or rear loop end the winding drums either clockwise or counterclockwise driven and thus the roller blind 10 up or down can be moved.
  • the curtain 11 of the blind 10 is there by means of a Velcro fastener 40 (FIG. 2) on the bar 12 attached.
  • the aluminum rail 12 has three longitudinal grooves 20, 25 and 26 on.
  • the longitudinal grooves 20 and 25 serve to guide the Pearl necklace 21.
  • the groove 20 is U-shaped and after fully open at the bottom. The part of the pearl necklace led in it 21 engages the gear 19 of the winding drum 17 and stands therefore constantly under tension, so that threading out of the pearl necklace 21 from the groove 20 is impossible.
  • the groove 25 is partially closed at the bottom to prevent it from falling out the pearl necklace 21 as the tension on the chain decreases 21 to prevent.
  • the middle groove 26 serves the one hand Attachment of the winding drums and on the other hand the attachment the entire rail 12 on a ceiling or on beams or the like
  • the groove 26 has locking projections 27 and 28, with the help of a snap connection between the winding drums 17 and the rail 12 are manufactured can.
  • the housing 18 of the winding drum 17 has a 4 and 5 apparent elastic locking clips 29th on.
  • the housing 18 also has a spur 30, which is also engages in the groove 26 of the strip 12 and a side Moving or twisting of the winding drum prevented.
  • the Housing 18 of the winding drum 17 can also by a Screw attached to the rail 12 for displacement the winding drum in the longitudinal direction of the rail 12 at To prevent actuation of the pearl necklace 21.
  • This screw can however, be a simple clamping screw so that it is not necessary holes in the rail for attaching the winding drum 17 to be provided. This is a simple and precise installation of the winding drums 17 on the rail 12 in Dependence on the arrangement of the cords 13 on the curtain 11 possible.
  • the winding drum 17 is in one 5 visible U-shaped curved housing 18 mounted, whereby they are cut out on two also U-shaped Intermediate walls 33 and 34 are supported in the housing.
  • On the gear 19 opposite end of the winding drum 17 is one Leaf spring 35 arranged, the winding drum semi-circular encloses and with their bent end regions 36 and 37 at a level in the housing which is not apparent from FIG. 4 18 supports.
  • the leaf spring 35 thereby prevents the roller blind automatically due to the weight of the curtain unrolled. In this way, special locking devices for the pearl necklace 21 can be dispensed with.
  • the winding drum 17 also does not have one with one from FIG. 4 apparent side locking groove provided opening 38 in, who fastens the end of the cord 13 with the aid of a locking clip can be. Together with the Velcro fastener shown in FIG. 2 40 between the rail 12 and the curtain 11 of the Roller blinds 10 is used for this easily detachable clip connection Strings to enable quick removal of the Roller blinds from the rail 12, for example around the curtain 11 clean or replace with another.
  • the housing 60 shown in FIG. 6 corresponds in shape the housing 18 from FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the winding drum 41 supports again on intermediate walls 42 cut out in a U-shape and 43 in the housing 60. Outside their side walls 44 and 45, the winding drum each has a cylindrical one Extension 46 and 47, with a gear on the extension 47 48 is rotatably attached. On its top, the Extension 47 has an axially parallel recess 49.
  • the extension 47 is on one cylindrical bearing journal 50 pushed on by means of a square projection 51 in a correspondingly shaped Opening 52 is mounted in the housing 40 against rotation.
  • Coil spring 53 wound the ends 54 and 55 are bent radially outward and thereby an angular distance ⁇ to each other.
  • the cylindrical extension 47 of the winding drum 41 is now placed on the journal 50 that the two spring ends 54 and 55 protrude into its recess 49 (Fig. 7).
  • the rotatably attached to the extension 47 Gear 48 however, has a nose pointing radially inwards 57, which protrudes between the two spring ends 54 and 55 and can act on both.
  • the gear 48 is, for example, a pearl necklace set in rotation
  • the nose 57 presses from the inside according to the direction of rotation on one of the spring ends 54 or 55 and this widens the spring 53.

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Claims (13)

  1. Store plissé avec au moins un tambour d'enroulement (17) sur lequel un cordon (13) ou ruban fixé au rideau (11) du store (10) est bobiné pour plisser et descendre le rideau (11), ledit au moins un tambour d'enroulement (17) étant monté à rotation sur une baguette (12) s'étendant parallèlement au rideau (11), caractérisé en ce que le tambour d'enroulement (17) est entraíné par une chaíne (21) ou une courroie dentée ou analogue guidée dans des rainures (20, 25) le long de la baguette flexible (12).
  2. Store plissé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit au moins un tambour d'enroulement (17) est relié à une roue dentée (19) disposée coaxialement à celui-ci.
  3. Store plissé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit au moins un tambour d'enroulement (17) est monté à rotation dans un coffre (18) à l'encontre de la force d'un ressort (35).
  4. Store plissé selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le ressort est un ressort hélicoïdal (53) qui est enroulé en tension sur un tourillon cylindrique (50) monté fixe en rotation dans le coffre, les extrémités de ressort (54, 55) étant repliées radialement vers l'extérieur et distantes l'une de l'autre d'un angle déterminé (α) dans la direction circonférentielle du ressort (53), le tambour d'enroulement (41) comportant un prolongement cylindrique creux (47) avec un évidement (49) parallèle à son axe, qui est emmanché à rotation sur le tourillon cylindrique (50) avec le ressort hélicoïdal (53), de façon que les extrémités de ressort (54, 55) pénètrent dans l'évidement (49), et sur la périphérie extérieure du prolongement (47) du tambour d'enroulement (41) étant montée à rotation une roue dentée (48) qui comporte un talon (57) qui est orienté radialement vers l'intérieur et qui pénètre de l'extérieur dans l'évidement (49) du prolongement (47) et entre les deux extrémités de ressort (54, 55), de sorte qu'en cas de rotation de la roue dentée (48) l'une des extrémités de ressort (54, 55) est sollicitée par le talon (57).
  5. Store plissé selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que le tambour d'enroulement (17) et la roue dentée (19) sont fabriqués d'une seule pièce.
  6. Store plissé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la baguette est un rail profilé (12) avec trois rainures longitudinales (20, 25, 26), la chaíne (21) ou la roue dentée ou analogue étant guidée dans les deux rainures extérieures (20, 25), et la rainure centrale (26) servant à la fixation des tambours d'enroulement (17) ainsi qu'à la fixation du rail (12) à un plafond ou à un support.
  7. Store plissé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que les coffres (18) des tambours d'enroulement (17) peuvent être fixés au moyen d'une liaison clipsée (27, 28 ; 29) dans la rainure centrale (26) du rail profilé (12).
  8. Store plissé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la baguette (12) comporte, à l'une de ses extrémités, une poulie de renvoi (22) orientée parallèlement au plan de la baguette et, à son autre extrémité, deux poulies de renvoi (23, 24) disposées perpendiculairement au plan de la baguette pour une chaíne à perles (21) pour l'entraínement des tambours d'enroulement (17).
  9. Store plissé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la baguette (12) comporte, à chacune de ses deux extrémités, une poulie de renvoi (22) orientée parallèlement au plan de la baguette pour une chaíne (21) ou une courroie dentée ou analogue, l'une des poulies pouvant être entraínée par un moteur.
  10. Store plissé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le moteur peut être fixé à la poulie de renvoi au moyen d'une fermeture rapide.
  11. Store plissé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que le rideau (11) est également fixé à la baguette (12).
  12. Store plissé selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que le rideau (11) est fixé à la baguette (12) de manière amovible au moyen d'une fermeture auto-agrippante.
  13. Store plissé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisé en ce que l'une des extrémités du cordon d'enroulement (13) est fixée au tambour d'enroulement (17) de manière amovible au moyen d'un clips en matière plastique.
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DE4244334A DE4244334C2 (de) 1992-07-17 1992-12-28 Raff-Vorhang
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