EP1272726A1 - A method and apparatus for driving and storing a covering - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for driving and storing a coveringInfo
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- EP1272726A1 EP1272726A1 EP00921595A EP00921595A EP1272726A1 EP 1272726 A1 EP1272726 A1 EP 1272726A1 EP 00921595 A EP00921595 A EP 00921595A EP 00921595 A EP00921595 A EP 00921595A EP 1272726 A1 EP1272726 A1 EP 1272726A1
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- drive
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- curtain
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- the invention relates to a driving and storing mechanism for flexible curtain material that covers openings in a structure which provide protection for the opening from high wind velocity pressure (i.e., hurricanes and tornadoes) and impacts from windborne debris.
- high wind velocity pressure i.e., hurricanes and tornadoes
- the mechanism of the invention includes a system where a substantially constant tension is maintained on the curtain material as it is unwrapped from its storage roller to close an opening in a structure and as it is wrapped in returning it to the fully stored condition.
- the curtain In the closed position the curtain is fully deployed or dispensed from the storage roller and in its open position the curtain is fully stored or wound on the storage roller.
- the driving motor Without a variable reference, the driving motor must use more energy as the curtain progresses from the open position toward a closed position.
- constant tension between the driving roller enables smooth winding of the flexible curtain of the storage roller.
- Rotation of the roller “a” causes the threaded shaft “g” to rotate through nut “1” causing nut “1” to move leftwardly storing energy in the spring as the curtain is pulled downwardly.
- the spring is fixed at one end, however, and a variable reference is not employed. Energy stored in the spring is released when the curtain is released from a restraint and it is this energy which returns the curtain to its stored position.
- United States Patent No. 2,842,198 to Prieto discloses a split ring torsion regulator which limits expansion and, hence, tension in a spring.
- the split ring is adjustable but a variable reference is not employed.
- United States Patent No. 667,302 to Edwards discloses an apparatus by which the tension of the spring in a roller may be changed or adjusted without the removal of the roller from its brackets or mountings. More specifically, a spring is connected to a roller and to a rotatable part or a spring is connected to a barrel and a rotatable spindle.
- the rotatable part or the rotatable spindle are adjustable as desired. However, the adjustment is permanent and does not provide a variable reference point for the spring in either instance.
- United States Patent No. 1,828,623 to G. M. Sacerdote discloses a pulley driven shaft and a spring connected to its shaft and to a roller. When the screen is unwound from the roller the belts will be wound around the pulleys and vice versa. As the screen and belts are thus wound, the diameter of the roller and pulleys vary and the tension upon the screen is such to keep the curtain taut, varying between two limits which are not far apart.
- United States Patent No. 3,955,611 to Coles et al. discloses an awning construction particularly adapted for mounting on a mobile home.
- the awning includes an awning shade having one end fixed to an outside wall of the mobile home, and the other end of the awning shade is attached to an awning roller, which roller is pivotedly connected to the same outside wall.
- the awning roller includes an elongated torque rod which is nonrotatably connected to a pair of support arms. The support arms are pivotedly connected to the outside wall.
- a tube is rotatably mounted on the torque rod and is secured to the other end of the awning shade.
- a torsion spring connects the torque rod with the tube to rotate the tube relative to the torque rod and holds the tube up against the wall of the mobile home in its normal condition.
- a lock 126 releasably locks the tube relative to the torque rod to allow the tube to stay selectively in an extended position away from the side wall. See, Fig. 6.
- United States Patent No. 4,013,113 to Frei discloses a shutter which includes a curtain formed of elongated bars hinged to one another at longitudinal edges and guided at their ends in laterally spaced guide grooves extending along opposite sides of an opening to be controlled by the shutter.
- a rotatable member is mounted in an upper receiving zone, such as a lintel above the opening, and the rolling bar curtain is trained about this member for direction reversal during raising and lowering.
- the laterally spaced guide grooves extend along the peripheral portion of this rotary member and are then branched to form branch guide grooves extending downwardly from the rotatable element into a recess formed in the lintel or the like.
- Guide elements such as pins or rollers on the ends of each bar, cooperated with the branch guide means to conjointly guide the bars to form at least one vertical pile of bars superposed in horizontal orientation in the recess, responsive to raising of the curtain.
- the rotatable element may be circular or may be polygonal and if polygonal, has sides each conforming to the width of a bar of the curtain. This invention is demonstrative of the complexities of guiding and managing a curtain that is somewhat flexible and made from rigid sections.
- United States Patent No. 4,478,268 to Palmer discloses a door for closing a vehicular traffic passageway.
- the door is a curtain fabricated from a hard flexible material.
- the curtain runs in opposing channels, is mounted on a counterbalanced wind-up drum and under impact changes weight and moves out of the channels and is wound up to open the vehicular passageway.
- United States Patent No. 4,601,320 to Taylor discloses a pressure differential compensating door which includes a curtain for closing a doorway having a first upper end, a second lower end and side edges and a counterbalanced curtain winding mechanism having the first end of the curtain attached thereto for raising and lowering the curtain.
- None of the related art solves the problem of maintaining approximately constant tension between the storage roller and the drive roller throughout the travel of the curtain from a fully stored position to a fully deployed position and back. Further, none of the related art solves the problem of maintaining approximately constant tension between the drive roller and the storage roller so as to enable use of a relatively low power motor.
- Present designs require the use of a large motor so as to overcome the resistance of a spring connected at one end to a storage roller and at the other end to a fixed structure (ground).
- Present designs require a large motor because the resistance of the spring increases linearly as the curtain extends toward its fully deployed position.
- the instant invention is an apparatus for maintaining approximately constant tension of a curtain between a drive roller and a storage roller.
- the constant tension is achieved by pre-tensioning the curtain between the drive roller and the storage roller and then maintaining approximately the same amount of tension by rotating the reference to which one end of a spring is attached.
- the rotating reference is a shaft which is affixed to and rotates with a shaft gear.
- the other end of the spring is affixed to a cylindrical tube member, i.e., the storage roller, upon which the flexible curtain is stored.
- a motor driven gear drives a gear affixed to the drive roller.
- the gear affixed to the drive roller in turn drives idler gears which in turn drive the shaft gear.
- a low power motor may be used when the tension between the driving roller and the storage roller is approximately constant between initial (curtain fully stored) and final (curtain fully dispensed) conditions.
- Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the driving and storing mechanism of the present invention illustrating the curtain material covering an opening
- Fig. 1A is a vertical cross-section of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1 and specifically illustrated as being along the lines 1A-1A of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken generally along the lines 2-2 of Fig. 1A;
- Fig. 3 is a rear view of the driving and storing mechanism illustrated in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but omits the openings in the building structure as seen in phantom in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 4A is a diagrammatic view taken generally along the lines 4A-4A of Fig. 4 illustrating the arrangement;
- Fig. 4B is a view taken generally in the same direction as Fig. 4A but showing only the tube member (storage roller) which is used to store the flexible curtain material and the curtain engagement member (drive roller) which is used to engage and drive the curtain material in its up and down movements;
- Fig. 4C is an enlarged portion of Fig. 4 A;
- Fig. 4D is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view taken generally along the lines 4D-4D of Fig. 4A and showing the cylindrical tube member (storage roller) upon which the flexible curtain material is wrapped in stored condition;
- Fig. 4E illustrates an inverted belt drive 97 operating between a pulley affixed to the drive shaft and a pulley affixed to a shaft within the storage roller;
- Fig. 4F is an enlarged portion of Fig. 4B illustrating the interengagement of cogs/pins of the drive roller with apertures in the flexible curtain;
- Fig. 5 is an isometric view of a variation in the means for driving the storing mechanism illustrated in the previous figures;
- Fig. 6 is an elevational view of the electric motor and its connections and as illustrated in Fig. 5;
- Fig. 7 is a fragmentary isometric view from another angle illustrating the parts also shown in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6.
- a cylindrical tube member 40 (sometimes referred to as a storage roller 40) has an outer cylindrical surface 41 for the reception of a length of curtain material 22 in a rolled up configuration.
- the storage roller 40 is mounted in the frame structure of a window opening. See, Fig. 1A as well.
- This frame structure includes 2 x 6 inch wooden members 29 and as shown in Fig. 1A, siding 31 covering the exterior of the building and plasterboard or other internal wall structure 32.
- Vertical bearing members 35 and 36 are provided in the building structure 28 and serve to position and mount the storage roller 40 and other structures to be described hereinafter.
- One end of the storage roller 40 at 42 is mounted for rotation in the bearing structure 35 and the other end is mounted for rotation in the bearing member
- first shaft 44 best seen in the enlarged view of Fig. 4D which has first 45 and second 46 end portions with the first end portion 45 extending coaxially into the tube member 40 and with the second end portion 46 of the first shaft 44 extending exteriorly of the tube member.
- This second end portion 46 is seen as extending into the vertical bearing member 36 in Fig. 1A..
- a first gear 50 is connected to the second end portion 46 of the first shaft 44 for rotation in unison therewith.
- a torsion spring 52 as seen in Fig. 4D surrounds the first end portion 45 of the first shaft 44.
- First end 53 of spring 52 is connected to the first end portion 45 of the first shaft 44.
- Second end portion 54 of spring 52 is connected to sleeve 51 which is affixed to storage roller 40 by pins 56 secured to the storage roller 40 and sleeve 51.
- a cylindrical tube or storage member 40 and the shaft 44 may be rotationally positioned in a plurality of positions with respect to each other which are dependent on the spring constant and the desired tension between the storage members and the driving roller 70. This will be referred to hereinafter as pre-tensioning the storage roller 40 relative to the driving roller.
- a first idler gear 58 is mounted for rotation about a first idler shaft 59 and it is in meshing engagement with the first gear 50.
- the first idler shaft 59 is mounted in the vertical bearing member 36.
- a second idler gear 62 is mounted for mounted for rotation about a second idler shaft 63 and gear 62 is in meshing engagement with the first idler gear 58.
- the idler shafts are mounted in vertical bearing member 36.
- a curtain drive gear 66 is mounted for rotation about a second shaft 67 and it is in meshing engagement with the second idler gear 62.
- the second shaft 67 is likewise mounted and supported by vertical bearing member 36. See, Fig. 1A.
- a curtain engagement member, 70 is also mounted on the second shaft 67 for rotation therewith and in unison with the curtain drive gear 66.
- the curtain engagement member 70 is provided with pins 72 at each of its two end portions which are rotatively or circumferentially spaced from each other and are adapted to fit into openings 74 in the flexible curtain material so that when the drive roller 70 is driven rotatively, it drives the curtain material either up or down depending upon the direction of rotation.
- drive motor 76 is mounted in the mechanism and has a drive shaft 77 which in turn is rotatively connected to a drive gear 78 which meshes with the curtain drive gear 66. Rotation of the drive motor in one direction therefore causes the curtain material to be unrolled from the tube member to cover an opening 25 as illustrated in Fig. 1 and in the opposite direction causes the curtain material 22 to fold up onto storage roller 40 to uncover the opening.
- Guides 79 on opposite sides of the structure are adapted to receive the outer edges of the flexible curtain material to keep it in position as it moves from its lowermost to its uppermost position.
- a latch 81 (Fig. 2) is adapted to secure the curtain in its lowermost position.
- Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are simply different showings of how the drive and storing mechanism can be motorized to be driven between its uppermost and lowermost positions.
- Drive roller 170 is driven by drive gear 166 which, in turn, is driven by the worm gear drive 86.
- Drive gear 166 drives idler gear 162 which drives idler gear 158.
- Idler gear 158 drives gear 150 which drives the shaft (not seen).
- the mechanism of Figs. 5-7 primarily is an alternative to the drive motor 76 shown in the previous drawing and its drive shaft 77 as well as gear 78.
- a worm gear drive indicated generally by the reference numeral 86 and this worm gear drive includes a worm gear housing 88 and a worm gear reduction housing 90. See, Fig. 5.
- the associated gears (not shown) within these housings are driven from motor 93.
- the motor is reversible which enables the mechanism to drive the curtain in either an up direction or a down direction.
- the drive mechanism in Figs. 5- 7 illustrates variations in drive mechanisms which can be used to couple the drive roller 170 to the storage roller 140.
- Fig. 4E illustrates an inverted belt drive 97 operating between pulley 95 affixed to shaft 67 and pulley 96 affixed to shaft 44.
- rotation of the drive shaft 67 in a clockwise direction results in rotation of shaft 44 in a counterclockwise direction.
- rotation of the drive shaft 67 in a clockwise direction results in rotation of shaft 44 in a counterclockwise direction.
- Fig. 4F is an enlarged portion of Fig. 4B illustrating the interengagement of cogs/pins 72 of the drive roller with apertures 74 in the flexible curtain.
- Fig. 4 A illustrates the storage roller 40 placed rightwardly or rearwardly from the drive roller 70. This insures that the curtain 22 will sufficiently wrap around roller 70 and constantly engage at least two cogs/pins 72.
- Fig. 4D it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that pre-tensioning of the mechanism is accomplished by rotating the cylindrical tube member 40 relative to the shaft 44.
- the curtain 22 is affixed to the storage roller 40 by mushroom headed pins 56.
- the storage roller is rotated counterclockwise as viewed in Figs. 4 A or 4C.
- Roller 40 rotates counterclockwise and creates tension in spring 52 as shaft 44 does not turn since the gear train 78, 66, 62, 58 and 50 are locked up through resistance of the gears, the driver roller 70 and the inertia of the drive motor.
- Sleeve 51 rotates with roller 40 as the curtain is pulled by hand downwardly such that the openings 74 of the curtain material 22 fit over the pins 72 in the drive roller 70.
- the relative movement between the storage roller 40 and the shaft 44 creates tension in the torsion spring 52 to a predetermined level and the tension is then maintained by placing the openings 74 over the pins 72.
- the curtain 22 extends from the back side of storage roller 40 and engages cogs/pins 72 so as to secure the curtain 22 over the cogs/pins 72.
- Cogs/pins 72 are on both sides of the drive roller 70.
- Apertures 74 are formed in the curtain 72 where the curtain is folded over onto itself. See, Fig. 4D.
- Reference numeral 23 represents the folded portion and stitching 24 secures the folded portion to the main portion of the curtain.
- the curtain 22 is positioned by the rotation of the drive roller 70.
- the curtain 22 is a three ply curtain having a reinforced polyester sheet laminated between two polymeric plys.
- the curtain is usually of lightweight construction.
- the curtain drive gear 66 is rotated counterclockwise to bring curtain 22 downwardly, idler gear 62 is rotated clockwise, idler gear 58 is rotated counterclockwise and the first gear 50 connected to shaft 44 is rotated clockwise.
- all of the gears are the same size such that one rotation of curtain drive gear 66 results in one rotation of first gear 50 in the opposite direction. Any size gears may be used and the relative positioning of the gears may change.
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- Operating, Guiding And Securing Of Roll- Type Closing Members (AREA)
- Curtains And Furnishings For Windows Or Doors (AREA)
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PCT/US2000/008729 WO2001079647A1 (en) | 2000-04-14 | 2000-04-14 | A method and apparatus for driving and storing a covering |
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EP1272726A1 true EP1272726A1 (en) | 2003-01-08 |
EP1272726A4 EP1272726A4 (en) | 2005-01-19 |
EP1272726B1 EP1272726B1 (en) | 2007-10-31 |
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AT (1) | ATE377128T1 (en) |
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US1828623A (en) * | 1925-12-02 | 1931-10-20 | Belknap Mclaughlin | Winding mechanism for rolling screens |
US2173900A (en) * | 1938-06-25 | 1939-09-26 | Otis Elevator Co | Operating mechanism for closures for moving stairway wellway openings |
US2188509A (en) * | 1938-05-14 | 1940-01-30 | Cornell Iron Works Inc | Escalator cover |
US3739832A (en) * | 1972-01-10 | 1973-06-19 | Celotex Corp | Overhead grille |
FR2583092A1 (en) * | 1985-06-11 | 1986-12-12 | Warema Renkhoff Gmbh & Co Kg | Roller blind e.g. for winter garden sun shade |
US5355927A (en) * | 1992-12-17 | 1994-10-18 | Mckeon Rolling Steel Door Company, Inc. | Self-closing fire door |
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US1828623A (en) * | 1925-12-02 | 1931-10-20 | Belknap Mclaughlin | Winding mechanism for rolling screens |
US2188509A (en) * | 1938-05-14 | 1940-01-30 | Cornell Iron Works Inc | Escalator cover |
US2173900A (en) * | 1938-06-25 | 1939-09-26 | Otis Elevator Co | Operating mechanism for closures for moving stairway wellway openings |
US3739832A (en) * | 1972-01-10 | 1973-06-19 | Celotex Corp | Overhead grille |
FR2583092A1 (en) * | 1985-06-11 | 1986-12-12 | Warema Renkhoff Gmbh & Co Kg | Roller blind e.g. for winter garden sun shade |
US5355927A (en) * | 1992-12-17 | 1994-10-18 | Mckeon Rolling Steel Door Company, Inc. | Self-closing fire door |
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CA2397549A1 (en) | 2001-10-25 |
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