EP0796583B1 - Movable and fixed accessories for curtain rods - Google Patents

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EP0796583B1
EP0796583B1 EP19970400552 EP97400552A EP0796583B1 EP 0796583 B1 EP0796583 B1 EP 0796583B1 EP 19970400552 EP19970400552 EP 19970400552 EP 97400552 A EP97400552 A EP 97400552A EP 0796583 B1 EP0796583 B1 EP 0796583B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
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  • the invention relates to curtain rods and relates more specifically to accessories which can be moved and immobilized on said rods.
  • the traditional curtain rods are say generally formed by section bars circular, made of any material, but preferably made of wood, used to support sliders or rings that themselves support the curtains. These sliders and rings slide freely on the rod and for this the diameter of their opening is substantially more important than that of the rod.
  • To improve the aesthetics of the rod it is well known to style each of its ends of a tip which is presented often as a simple sphere of the same nature and hue as bar. The tip is usually dug from a well thanks to which it is fitted on the end of the rod.
  • a locking device sometimes consisting of a simple screw allows immobilization of the nozzle.
  • the latter also has the function of making a stop for the movable rings and to prevent them from escaping of the rod, in particular during the opening operation of the curtain.
  • a device in which a rod crosses a support end connected to the wall, near a nozzle is also known.
  • a main object of the present invention consists of movable and immobilizable accessories for curtain rod consisting of a bar on which sliders or movable rings are supported supporting the curtains, the accessories of various forms being positioned on the end of the rod or between this end and suspension rings, and being fitted internally at least one intermediate ring having means exerting a restraint and immobilization effort on the rod.
  • the accessories in question consist of decorative rings of various shapes intended for fit on the rod between an end cap and the suspension rings, or they are constituted by the end caps themselves, attached to the ends of the rod, or by the supports of the bar constituting the rod, said supports also being provided with a intermediate immobilization ring.
  • the means of restraint and immobilization of these accessories are advantageously made up of fins or pins equipping the internal face of the intermediate ring and oriented towards the center.
  • Figure 1 a general sectional view of a rod curtains with decorative rings.
  • Figure 2 a sectional view on a larger scale of a decorative ring.
  • FIG. 1 shows a rod for curtains 1 fitted with a plurality of suspension rings 2 for a curtain 3.
  • a tip 4 is attached to the end 5 of the bar which constitutes the rod.
  • rings 6 Before the fitting of the nozzle, have been engaged on the rod of the decorative rings 6 of which has only shown two variants in the figure. So a rings 6 is presented as a cylindrical sleeve of which the inside diameter is greater than the outside diameter of the rod.
  • the other ring 6 shown has a profile biconical exterior, but its internal part is cylindrical with an inside diameter also greater than the diameter outside of the rod.
  • the rings 6 can have various and different external forms of those represented; in addition we place them in numbers variable, depending on the user's choice, between the rings 2 and the nozzle 4.
  • each decorative ring 6 and the external face of the rod serves as a housing for an intermediate ring 7 of thin thickness which is inserted in this space e between the bar and decorative ring.
  • This intermediate ring 7 is equipped on its internal face with fins 8 or pins 9 oriented towards the center as seen more clearly in FIG. 2.
  • the external face of the intermediate ring 7 is glued against the cylindrical wall of the decorative ring 6.
  • the intermediate ring can also be made as a self-adhesive strip.
  • the intermediate ring 7 could be made of elastomer or the like which would be compressible and molded to a diameter slightly smaller than that of the bar.
  • the supports (not of rod 1, thanks to which it is fixed to the wall, and which are usually made as sleeves on which a support rod is fixed, are also equipped with an intermediate immobilization ring.
  • the ring in question can be placed around the rod secured to the rod and engage in an opening interior of a female element fixed to the wall, or the inside of a sleeve intended to be connected to a support any or a special end cap for hollow bar.

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L'invention se rapporte aux tringles à rideaux et concerne plus précisément des accessoires pouvant être déplacés et immobilisés sur lesdites tringles.The invention relates to curtain rods and relates more specifically to accessories which can be moved and immobilized on said rods.

Les tringles à rideaux traditionnelles c'est à dire constituées généralement par des barres de section circulaire, réalisées en toute matière, mais préférentiellement en bois, servent à supporter des curseurs ou des anneaux qui eux-mêmes soutiennent les rideaux. Ces curseurs et anneaux glissent librement sur la tringle et pour cela le diamètre de leur ouverture est sensiblement plus important que celui de la tringle. Pour améliorer l'esthétique de la tringle il est bien connu de coiffer chacune de ses extrémités d'un embout qui se présente souvent comme une simple sphère de même nature et teinte que la barre. L'embout est habituellement creusé d'un puits grâce auquel il s'emmanche sur l'extrémité de la tringle. Un dispositif de blocage, parfois constitué d'une simple vis permet l'immobilisation de l'embout.The traditional curtain rods are say generally formed by section bars circular, made of any material, but preferably made of wood, used to support sliders or rings that themselves support the curtains. These sliders and rings slide freely on the rod and for this the diameter of their opening is substantially more important than that of the rod. To improve the aesthetics of the rod it is well known to style each of its ends of a tip which is presented often as a simple sphere of the same nature and hue as bar. The tip is usually dug from a well thanks to which it is fitted on the end of the rod. A locking device, sometimes consisting of a simple screw allows immobilization of the nozzle.

Ce dernier a aussi pour fonction de faire butée pour les anneaux déplaçables et d'éviter qu'ils n'échappent de la tringle notamment lors de la manoeuvre d'ouverture du rideau. On connaít aussi, notamment par le WO-92/16133 (qui divulgue les caractéristiques précisées dans la première partie de la revendication 1), un dispositif dans lequel une tringle traverse un support d'extrémité raccordé au mur, à proximité d'un embout.The latter also has the function of making a stop for the movable rings and to prevent them from escaping of the rod, in particular during the opening operation of the curtain. Also known, in particular from WO-92/16133 (which discloses the characteristics specified in the first part of claim 1), a device in which a rod crosses a support end connected to the wall, near a nozzle.

Ainsi équipée, une tringle à rideaux classique ne présente pas toujours un aspect agréable à l'oeil. A moins de la prévoir en matériau plus noble avec des embouts plus travaillés et décoratifs, ce qui est plus coûteux, il est difficile d'améliorer l'aspect d'une simple tringle standard sur laquelle sont montés des anneaux et des embouts ordinaires.Thus fitted, a classic curtain rod does not does not always look pleasing to the eye. Unless to provide it in more noble material with more end caps worked and decorative which is more expensive it is difficult to improve the appearance of a simple standard rod on which rings and end caps are mounted ordinary.

La Demanderesse s'est attachée à rechercher une solution à ce problème et a imaginé un système d'accessoires facilement déplaçables sur une tringle mais aussi immobilisables à l'emplacement choisi, le système représentant une originalité esthétique et technique. Un objet principal de la présente invention consiste en des accessoires déplaçables et immobilisables pour tringle à rideaux constituée d'une barre sur laquelle sont engagés des curseurs ou anneaux déplaçables soutenant les rideaux, les accessoires de formes diverses étant positionnés sur l'extrémité de la tringle ou entre cette extrémité et les anneaux de suspension, et étant équipés intérieurement d'au moins une bague intermédiaire disposant de moyens exerçant un effort de retenue et d'immobilisation sur la tringle.The Applicant endeavored to seek a solution to this problem and imagined a system of accessories easily movable on a rod but also fixed at the chosen location, the system representing an aesthetic and technical originality. A main object of the present invention consists of movable and immobilizable accessories for curtain rod consisting of a bar on which sliders or movable rings are supported supporting the curtains, the accessories of various forms being positioned on the end of the rod or between this end and suspension rings, and being fitted internally at least one intermediate ring having means exerting a restraint and immobilization effort on the rod.

Les accessoires en question sont constitués de bagues décoratives de formes diverses destinées à s'intercaler sur la tringle entre un embout d'extrémité et les anneaux de suspension, ou encore ils sont constitués par les embouts eux-mêmes, rapportés sur les extrémités de la tringle, ou encore par les supports de la barre constituant la tringle, lesdits supports étant également munis d'une bague intermédiaire d'immobilisation.The accessories in question consist of decorative rings of various shapes intended for fit on the rod between an end cap and the suspension rings, or they are constituted by the end caps themselves, attached to the ends of the rod, or by the supports of the bar constituting the rod, said supports also being provided with a intermediate immobilization ring.

Les moyens de retenue et d'immobilisation de ces accessoires sont avantageusement constitués d'ailettes ou de picots équipant la face interne de la bague intermédiaire et orientés en direction du centre.The means of restraint and immobilization of these accessories are advantageously made up of fins or pins equipping the internal face of the intermediate ring and oriented towards the center.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront de la description qui va suivre d'exemples de réalisation faisant référence aux dessins annexés qui représentent.Other features and benefits of the invention will emerge from the description which follows of embodiment examples referring to the drawings attached which represent.

Figure 1 une vue générale en coupe d'une tringle à rideaux munie de bagues décoratives.Figure 1 a general sectional view of a rod curtains with decorative rings.

Figure 2 une vue en coupe à plus grande échelle d'une bague décorative.Figure 2 a sectional view on a larger scale of a decorative ring.

On a représenté à la figure 1 une tringle à rideaux 1 équipée d'une pluralité d'anneaux de suspension 2 pour un rideau 3. Un embout 4 est rapporté sur l'extrémité 5 de la barre qui constitue la tringle.FIG. 1 shows a rod for curtains 1 fitted with a plurality of suspension rings 2 for a curtain 3. A tip 4 is attached to the end 5 of the bar which constitutes the rod.

Préalablement à la mise en place de l'embout, ont été engagées sur la tringle des bagues décoratives 6 dont on n'a représenté que deux variantes sur la figure. Ainsi une des bagues 6 se présente comme un manchon cyclindrique dont le diamètre intérieur est supérieur au diamètre extérieur de la tringle. L'autre bague 6 représentée a un profil extérieur biconique, mais sa partie interne est cylindrique avec un diamètre intérieur également supérieur au diamètre extérieur de la tringle. Bien entendu les bagues 6 peuvent avoir des formes extérieures diverses et différentes de celles représentées; en outre on les place en nombre variable, selon le choix de l'utilisateur, entre les anneaux 2 et l'embout 4.Before the fitting of the nozzle, have been engaged on the rod of the decorative rings 6 of which has only shown two variants in the figure. So a rings 6 is presented as a cylindrical sleeve of which the inside diameter is greater than the outside diameter of the rod. The other ring 6 shown has a profile biconical exterior, but its internal part is cylindrical with an inside diameter also greater than the diameter outside of the rod. Of course the rings 6 can have various and different external forms of those represented; in addition we place them in numbers variable, depending on the user's choice, between the rings 2 and the nozzle 4.

L'espace e ménagé entre la paroi cylindrique interne de chaque bague décorative 6 et la face externe de la tringle sert de logement à une bague intermédiaire 7 d'épaisseur mince qui s'intercale dans cet espace e entre la barre et la bague décorative. Cette bague intermédiaire 7 est équipée sur sa face interne d'ailettes 8 ou de picots 9 orientés en direction du centre comme on le voit plus clairement sur la figure 2. Par contre la face externe de la bague intermédiaire 7 est collée contre la paroi cylindrique interne de la bague décorative 6. La bague intermédiaire peut aussi être réalisée comme une bande autocollante.The space between the cylindrical wall internal of each decorative ring 6 and the external face of the rod serves as a housing for an intermediate ring 7 of thin thickness which is inserted in this space e between the bar and decorative ring. This intermediate ring 7 is equipped on its internal face with fins 8 or pins 9 oriented towards the center as seen more clearly in FIG. 2. On the other hand, the external face of the intermediate ring 7 is glued against the cylindrical wall of the decorative ring 6. The intermediate ring can also be made as a self-adhesive strip.

Quand on emmanche une bague décorative ainsi équipée sur une tringle, les ailettes 8 ou les picots 9, dont les extrémités sont débordantes vers l'intérieur par rapport au diamètre de la tringle, se déforment et s'ajustent au diamètre de la barre et exercent ainsi un effort de retenue et d'immobilisation de la bague décorative. Bien entendu cet effort d'immobilisation, n'empêche pas le coulissement de la bague décorative sur la tringle par un léger effort de l'utilisateur, qui souhaiterait déplacer ou remplacer une bague.When you put on a decorative ring like this fitted on a rod, the fins 8 or the pins 9, the ends of which protrude inwards through compared to the diameter of the rod, deform and adjust to the diameter of the bar and thus exert a ring retaining and immobilizing force decorative. Of course this immobilization effort, does not prevent the sliding of the decorative ring on the rod by a slight effort of the user, which would like to move or replace a ring.

On dispose ainsi, en plus des embouts 4 d'extrémité, d'une pluralité de bagues décoratives 6, de formes diverses, qui peuvent glisser et être immobilisées à n'importe quel endroit de la tringle à rideaux. Un empilage de ces bagues permet de créer, au gré de l'utilisateur, différents aspects de terminaisons décoratives.There are thus, in addition to the end pieces 4 end, of a plurality of decorative rings 6, of various shapes, which can slip and be immobilized at anywhere on the curtain rod. Stacking of these rings allows the user to create, different aspects of decorative endings.

Quant au système d'immobilisation des bagues, il est évidemment très simple à utiliser.As for the ring immobilization system, it is obviously very simple to use.

En variante de réalisation non représentée, la bague intermédiaire 7 pourrait être réalisée en élastomère ou matière analogue qui serait compressible et moulée à un diamètre légèrement inférieur à celui de la barre.As an alternative embodiment not shown, the intermediate ring 7 could be made of elastomer or the like which would be compressible and molded to a diameter slightly smaller than that of the bar.

Les accessoires ont été décrits précédemment en référence aux bagues décoratives 6. On peut aussi considérer dans ces accessoires les embouts 4 rapportés sur les extrémités 5 de la barre. Au lieu d'être emmanchés et fixés de façon classique, ces embouts pourraient être équipés d'une bague intermédiaire 7 identique à celle des bagues décoratives.The accessories have been described previously in reference to decorative rings 6. We can also consider in these accessories the end pieces 4 attached to the 5 ends of the bar. Instead of being fitted and fixed conventionally, these tips could be fitted an intermediate ring 7 identical to that of the rings decorative.

On peut aussi prévoir que les supports (non représentés) de la tringle 1, grâce auxquels celle-ci est fixée au mur, et qui sont habituellement réalisés comme des manchons sur lesquels est fixée une tige support, sont également munis d'une bague intermédiaire d'immobilisation.We can also provide that the supports (not of rod 1, thanks to which it is fixed to the wall, and which are usually made as sleeves on which a support rod is fixed, are also equipped with an intermediate immobilization ring.

La bague en question peut être placée autour de la tige solidaire de la tringle et s'engager dans une ouverture intérieure d'un élément femelle fixé au mur, ou encore à l'intérieur d'un manchon destiné à se raccorder à un support quelconque ou d'un embout spécial pour barre creuse.The ring in question can be placed around the rod secured to the rod and engage in an opening interior of a female element fixed to the wall, or the inside of a sleeve intended to be connected to a support any or a special end cap for hollow bar.

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  1. Movable and immobilisable accessories for a curtain rail composed of a bar on which there engage movable runners or rings (2) that support the curtains (3), characterised in that said accessories (4, 6) of various shapes are positioned on the end (5) of the rail (1) or between that end and the suspension rings (2), and in that they are provided at their interior with at least one intermediate collar (7) having means (8, 9) that exert a retaining and immobilising force with respect to the rail.
  2. Accessories for curtain rails according to claim 1, characterised in that they are composed of decorative collars (6) of various shapes for placing on the rail (1) between an end cap (4) and the suspension rings (2).
  3. Accessories for curtain rails according to claim 1, characterised in that they are composed of caps (4) attached to the ends (5) of the rail (1).
  4. Accessories for curtain rails according to claim 1, characterised in that they are composed of supports for the rail (1) that are fixed to the wall, said supports also being provided with an intermediate immobilisation collar (7).
  5. Accessories for curtain rails according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the retaining and immobilising means of the accessories are composed of fins (8) and/or spikes (9) on the internal face of the intermediate collar (7) that point towards the centre.
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