EP1355034B1 - Curtain construction for windows and furnishings - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a curtain construction specifically designed for windows, for dividing spaces, and for furnishings in general.
- panel curtain i.e. curtains which generally comprise one or more fabric or cloth elements, which can be driven by sliding means engaged in a sliding rail to which the curtain panel is applied.
- the cloth or fabric elements are usually provided, at their top end portions, with a Velcro type of strip for fixing said cloth elements to a rigid bar, including slider elements, and engaged in a sliding rail for driving the curtain.
- the cloth elements are conventionally provided with a weighing bar.
- the above mentioned bars have a size which usually corresponds to the width of the cloth element.
- the fabric material is restrained only at the top thereof by the sliding bar and, at the bottom thereof, by the weighing bar.
- the pattern or arrangement of the fabric material will be exclusively determined by the tension provided by the weight of the bottom bar, exclusively in the vertical direction.
- the flat arrangement of the fabric material constituting the curtain panel will be determined by the tension provided only in a direction, and will be inevitably unsatisfactory.
- the driving of the curtain always causes a modification of the curtain arrangement, in a disordered manner.
- Such a disordered modification of the curtain arrangement compels the user to perform a lot of adjusting operations, in order to try to recover the curtain to the original attitude.
- the side driving of the curtain cloth can be manually performed exclusively by a pulling type of operation, but not by a pushing type of operation.
- the aim of the present invention is to provide a curtain construction, in particular of a panel type, adapted to provide a perfect flat arrangement of the fabric material of the curtain, with an adjustable tension therethrough.
- a further object of the invention is to provide such a curtain construction allowing the curtain panel to be quickly removed from the supporting frame therefor.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide such a curtain construction which allows the curtain fabric material, or other suitable curtain material, to be easily removed.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide such a panel curtain which can be perfectly slidably driven, with a very accurate location of said panel curtain in a preselected seat therefor, both by pulling and pushing operations.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a panel curtain the fabric material of which can be always held in a perfectly flat condition both during the pushing driving thereof and during the pulling driving thereof, and in its static position, without any need of performing additional operations to recover the curtain to its starting pattern.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such a panel curtain construction which can be easily made starting from easily commercially available elements and materials, and which, moreover, is very competitive from a mere economic standpoint.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such a panel curtain construction which is very reliable and safe in operation.
- the curtain construction according to the invention which has been generally indicated by the reference number 1, comprises a cloth length or element 2, supported by a supporting frame 3 encompassing said cloth or fabric length or element along the four sides thereof.
- the top side 33 of the supporting frame 3 comprises latching and sliding means 4, which can be engaged in a conventional sliding rail 5 designed for panel curtains.
- Figure 3 shows the top or upper side 33 of the supporting frame 3 suspended to a sliding rail 5, by supporting elements 4, which, in a preferred embodiment shown in the drawing, have a T-shaped cross-section.
- Said insert elements are engaged, on a side, correspondingly to the horizontal leg of the T, in a slot 6 of the supporting frame and, on the other side, corresponding to the stem of the T shape, being provided with slidable elements comprising wheels 7 which can be slidably driven in the rail 5.
- the sliding rail and supporting frame can be easily interconnected, so as to allow the curtain panel to be easily laterally driven.
- the supporting frame 3 has two functions: on a side, that of restraining the cloth or fabric material 2 engaged in its inside, with the possibility of controlling the tension of said cloth material, while assuring a perfectly flat condition under all the use situations thereof and, on the other hand, that of allowing said cloth element to be easily applied to a sliding element which, as engaged in a rail, will allow to laterally slidably drive the curtain panel, either by a pulling operation or by a pushing operation, without modifying the perfectly tensioned and flat configuration of said curtain.
- Figures 3-7 show a supporting frame 3 comprising three different section members: a body 8, a core 9 and a cover element 10.
- the construction of the supporting frame 3 by three section members is advantageously mainly in a case in which it is desired to use section members consisting of very rigid or hard materials, such as aluminium alloys, steel materials and so on, while assuring the possibility of easily performing several operations for applying and removing the cloth material 2, for example for performing a corresponding high number of washing and maintenance operations.
- the supporting frame made of three section members is very advantageous in the case in which it is desired to make by the same material, for aesthetic reasons, the two faces exposed to the view of the supporting frame, and if said faces comprise rigid materials, or materials having elastic properties not sufficient to absorb the temporary deformations caused by the snap closure of a section member on another section member.
- the supporting frame 3 can also be made of only two section members, as it is schematically shown in figure 8, in which the section members are indicated by the reference numbers 11 and 18.
- the core function will be provided by using suitable inner inserts arranged in the two bodies 11 and 18 and, preferably, one of said bodies being made by composite materials.
- one of the section members can be made of aluminium, steel or other rigid material, with respect to its outer portion exposed to the view, and being made of a plastics material with respect to its inner portion contacting the other section member to which it must be coupled by a snap type of coupling.
- the plastic portion in particular, will be firmly coupled to the aluminium portion, so as to provide a single composite section member.
- one of the section members can be made of aluminium, or steel, or any other suitable rigid materials, with respect to its outer exposed to the view portion, and being provided, in its inner portion contacting the other section member to which it must be coupled by a snap type of coupling, with a lug made of another plastics material firmly coupled thereto, so as to provide a single section member.
- the supporting frame is made of two resilient material section members, adapted to absorb deformations induced by the assembling thereof, without any plastic deformations, then that same frame will meet the functional jobs thereof, mainly if it is used for solutions with small size arrangement and with the imitations typical of the physic characteristics of the plastics materials, with respect to the deformability and arrangement stability.
- the aesthetic aspect, even it is even on the faces, will exclusively depend on the quality and type of the finishing which can be obtained by the specific used plastic material.
- a section member formed by a plastic material coated by a metal layer, an aluminium layer or other metal material layer, will be substantially equivalent to a solution of the type shown in figure 3, since it is actually coupled to a material of different nature.
- a supporting frame formed by two rigid material section members coupled by a snap type of coupling, of which one is provided with an inner liner or coating or lug so as to provide a single assembly, of another plastic or flexible material, would actually correspond to the approach using three section members, one of which is flexible, as shown in figure 3.
- the fabric or cloth material 2 is engaged in its engaging seat formed on the body 8 and is firmly fixed inside said seat by snap applying the core 9 on the body 8.
- the size of the seat 12 for receiving the fabric material, or other suitable material, inside said body will determine the adjustment range capability with respect to the location, or tensioning, of the panel curtain.
- This feature allows to perform adjusting operations and optimum tensioning operations on the fabric material, depending on the physical characteristics of the used materials, while assuring a perfect tensioning and flat condition of the fabric inside the supporting frame.
- Such a tensioning operation can be performed at each side of the curtain panel, in an adjustable manner, and accordingly to be properly fitted to the different physical characteristics of the used materials, depending on the result to be achieved.
- the invention provides a curtain construction, specifically designed for furnishing application, and for dividing spaces, which can be easily and quickly assembled by simply snap engaging the section members forming the curtain supporting frame.
- Another advantage is that the invention provides the possibility of easily making cut-to-size elements, arranged at 90°, the assembly of which can be quickly performed and by using angle elements which can be easily constructed by using easily available elements.
- Yet another advantage is that the fabric material can be easily engaged and safely fixed in the supporting frame, which result can be obtained by a plain or normal fabric, which must not be processed with specifically designed finishing operations.
- a further advantage is that the invention affords the possibility of graduating or controlling the amount of fabric engaged in the inner seat of the supporting frame depending on the load supporting capability thereof.
- This feature allows, on a side, to precise arrange the fabric material inside the supporting frame while simultaneously obtaining, at each side of the frame, and where it would be required, a proper tensioning of the fabric material, with an adjustable intensity, and which accordingly can be adapted to the different physical features of the used materials, depending on the result to be achieved.
- curtain panel can be easily installed in its frame and its frame can be easily installed on outer supporting elements, either in a horizontal or a vertical position, or in a freely suspended condition, by using either fixed suspending means or slidable means, owing to the provision of a suitable designed seat provided for housing easily available means adapted to make the curtain rigid with the supporting frame.
- the used materials, as well as the contingent size and shapes can be any, depending to requirements and the status of the art.
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- The present invention relates to a curtain construction specifically designed for windows, for dividing spaces, and for furnishings in general.
- As is known, are already available on the market the so-called panel curtain, i.e. curtains which generally comprise one or more fabric or cloth elements, which can be driven by sliding means engaged in a sliding rail to which the curtain panel is applied.
- In particular, the cloth or fabric elements are usually provided, at their top end portions, with a Velcro type of strip for fixing said cloth elements to a rigid bar, including slider elements, and engaged in a sliding rail for driving the curtain. At their bottom end portions, the cloth elements are conventionally provided with a weighing bar.
- The above mentioned bars have a size which usually corresponds to the width of the cloth element.
- In the above mentioned prior panel curtains, the fabric material is restrained only at the top thereof by the sliding bar and, at the bottom thereof, by the weighing bar.
- Accordingly, the pattern or arrangement of the fabric material will be exclusively determined by the tension provided by the weight of the bottom bar, exclusively in the vertical direction.
- Thus, the flat arrangement of the fabric material constituting the curtain panel will be determined by the tension provided only in a direction, and will be inevitably unsatisfactory.
- Moreover, in the above disclosed prior curtains, the driving of the curtain always causes a modification of the curtain arrangement, in a disordered manner.
- Such a disordered modification of the curtain arrangement, compels the user to perform a lot of adjusting operations, in order to try to recover the curtain to the original attitude.
- Finally, in the above mentioned prior curtains, the side driving of the curtain cloth can be manually performed exclusively by a pulling type of operation, but not by a pushing type of operation.
- Actually, a pushing provided on the panel would cause a difficult sliding of the panel itself.
- The possibility of properly locating the panel in its desired seat can be difficulty achieved and, anyhow, only by combining repeated pushing operations with a final pulling operation.
- The latter would be the sole operation suitable to properly arrange the curtain panel at a preselected seat therefor.
- The document DE-U-297119731 discloses a curtain construction according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Accordingly, the aim of the present invention is to provide a curtain construction, in particular of a panel type, adapted to provide a perfect flat arrangement of the fabric material of the curtain, with an adjustable tension therethrough.
- Within the scope of the above mentioned aim, a further object of the invention is to provide such a curtain construction allowing the curtain panel to be quickly removed from the supporting frame therefor.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide such a curtain construction which allows the curtain fabric material, or other suitable curtain material, to be easily removed.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide such a panel curtain which can be perfectly slidably driven, with a very accurate location of said panel curtain in a preselected seat therefor, both by pulling and pushing operations.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a panel curtain the fabric material of which can be always held in a perfectly flat condition both during the pushing driving thereof and during the pulling driving thereof, and in its static position, without any need of performing additional operations to recover the curtain to its starting pattern.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such a panel curtain construction which can be easily made starting from easily commercially available elements and materials, and which, moreover, is very competitive from a mere economic standpoint.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such a panel curtain construction which is very reliable and safe in operation.
- According to one aspect of the present invention, the above mentioned aim and objects, as well as yet other objects, which will become more apparent hereinafter, are achieved by a curtain construction according to claim 1.
- Further characteristics and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent hereinafter from the following detailed disclosure of a preferred, though not exclusive, embodiment of the invention, which is illustrated, by way of an indicative, but not limitative, example in the accompanying drawings, where:
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a curtain construction according to the invention;
- Figure 2 is a front side elevation view, on an enlarged scale, of the top or upper portion of the curtain construction according to the present invention;
- Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the top portion of the supporting frame of the curtain construction according to the invention;
- Figures 4, 5 and 6 show, by cross-sectional perspective views, the operating steps for applying a three-piece supporting frame, according to a further aspect of the present invention;
- Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the three-piece supporting frame; and
- Figure 8 is a further cross-sectional view illustrating a two-piece supporting frame.
- With reference to the number references of the above mentioned figures, the curtain construction according to the invention, which has been generally indicated by the reference number 1, comprises a cloth length or
element 2, supported by a supportingframe 3 encompassing said cloth or fabric length or element along the four sides thereof. - The
top side 33 of the supportingframe 3 comprises latching and slidingmeans 4, which can be engaged in a conventional slidingrail 5 designed for panel curtains. - To engage the panel to or remove said panel from said sliding rail, it is sufficient to thread or unthread said latching elements into/from said seat.
- Figure 3 shows the top or
upper side 33 of the supportingframe 3 suspended to a slidingrail 5, by supportingelements 4, which, in a preferred embodiment shown in the drawing, have a T-shaped cross-section. - Said insert elements are engaged, on a side, correspondingly to the horizontal leg of the T, in a slot 6 of the supporting frame and, on the other side, corresponding to the stem of the T shape, being provided with slidable elements comprising wheels 7 which can be slidably driven in the
rail 5. - Thus, the sliding rail and supporting frame can be easily interconnected, so as to allow the curtain panel to be easily laterally driven.
- The supporting
frame 3 has two functions: on a side, that of restraining the cloth orfabric material 2 engaged in its inside, with the possibility of controlling the tension of said cloth material, while assuring a perfectly flat condition under all the use situations thereof and, on the other hand, that of allowing said cloth element to be easily applied to a sliding element which, as engaged in a rail, will allow to laterally slidably drive the curtain panel, either by a pulling operation or by a pushing operation, without modifying the perfectly tensioned and flat configuration of said curtain. - Figures 3-7 show a supporting
frame 3 comprising three different section members: abody 8, acore 9 and acover element 10. - By mutually coupling the three mentioned section members, which coupling can be manually performed without using any specifically designed tools, a single frame will be obtained, which, as suitably assembled with commercially available angle elements, will define the perimeter of the curtain panel, while allowing it to be easily and quickly assembled and removed.
- The construction of the supporting
frame 3 by three section members is advantageously mainly in a case in which it is desired to use section members consisting of very rigid or hard materials, such as aluminium alloys, steel materials and so on, while assuring the possibility of easily performing several operations for applying and removing thecloth material 2, for example for performing a corresponding high number of washing and maintenance operations. - Moreover, the supporting frame made of three section members is very advantageous in the case in which it is desired to make by the same material, for aesthetic reasons, the two faces exposed to the view of the supporting frame, and if said faces comprise rigid materials, or materials having elastic properties not sufficient to absorb the temporary deformations caused by the snap closure of a section member on another section member.
- In this connection it should be pointed out that the supporting
frame 3 can also be made of only two section members, as it is schematically shown in figure 8, in which the section members are indicated by thereference numbers - In this case, the core function will be provided by using suitable inner inserts arranged in the two
bodies - According to a further embodiment, one of the section members can be made of aluminium, steel or other rigid material, with respect to its outer portion exposed to the view, and being made of a plastics material with respect to its inner portion contacting the other section member to which it must be coupled by a snap type of coupling.
- The plastic portion, in particular, will be firmly coupled to the aluminium portion, so as to provide a single composite section member.
- According to a further embodiment, one of the section members can be made of aluminium, or steel, or any other suitable rigid materials, with respect to its outer exposed to the view portion, and being provided, in its inner portion contacting the other section member to which it must be coupled by a snap type of coupling, with a lug made of another plastics material firmly coupled thereto, so as to provide a single section member.
- This embodiment is actually equivalent to the approach already disclosed and shown in figure 3, which provides to use an additional section member, or
core 9, made of a plastics material, equivalent to an insert or a coating of a plastics material inside the two section members to be coupled by a snap type of coupling. - The technical, aesthetic and functional results will vary depending on the used materials and the combinations thereof as hereinabove exemplified.
- If the supporting frame is made of two resilient material section members, adapted to absorb deformations induced by the assembling thereof, without any plastic deformations, then that same frame will meet the functional jobs thereof, mainly if it is used for solutions with small size arrangement and with the imitations typical of the physic characteristics of the plastics materials, with respect to the deformability and arrangement stability.
- The aesthetic aspect, even it is even on the faces, will exclusively depend on the quality and type of the finishing which can be obtained by the specific used plastic material.
- A section member formed by a plastic material coated by a metal layer, an aluminium layer or other metal material layer, will be substantially equivalent to a solution of the type shown in figure 3, since it is actually coupled to a material of different nature.
- This solution exploits the properties of different materials to achieve the aesthetic, technical and functional objects, which could not be obtained by using a single material.
- A supporting frame formed by two rigid material section members coupled by a snap type of coupling, of which one is provided with an inner liner or coating or lug so as to provide a single assembly, of another plastic or flexible material, would actually correspond to the approach using three section members, one of which is flexible, as shown in figure 3.
- The fabric or
cloth material 2 is engaged in its engaging seat formed on thebody 8 and is firmly fixed inside said seat by snap applying thecore 9 on thebody 8. - The size of the
seat 12 for receiving the fabric material, or other suitable material, inside said body, will determine the adjustment range capability with respect to the location, or tensioning, of the panel curtain. - This feature allows to perform adjusting operations and optimum tensioning operations on the fabric material, depending on the physical characteristics of the used materials, while assuring a perfect tensioning and flat condition of the fabric inside the supporting frame.
- In fact, the possibility of controlling the amount of fabric being engaged in the inner seat, depending on its receiving capability, will allow to properly arrange the fabric material, in a precise and accurate manner inside the supporting frame, while allowing to properly tension said material.
- Such a tensioning operation can be performed at each side of the curtain panel, in an adjustable manner, and accordingly to be properly fitted to the different physical characteristics of the used materials, depending on the result to be achieved.
- Moreover, it is possible to easily recover the curtain panel to its starting conditions, if the fabric material has been subjected to size modifications, because of washing operations and the like causing a natural yielding of the material.
- It has been found that the invention fully achieves the intended aim and objects.
- In fact, the invention provides a curtain construction, specifically designed for furnishing application, and for dividing spaces, which can be easily and quickly assembled by simply snap engaging the section members forming the curtain supporting frame.
- Another advantage is that the invention provides the possibility of easily making cut-to-size elements, arranged at 90°, the assembly of which can be quickly performed and by using angle elements which can be easily constructed by using easily available elements.
- Yet another advantage is that the fabric material can be easily engaged and safely fixed in the supporting frame, which result can be obtained by a plain or normal fabric, which must not be processed with specifically designed finishing operations.
- In fact, it would be sufficient to cut the fabric material to the desired size.
- However, it is also possible to perform any desired finishing and packaging operations, for example if required by the characteristics of the material engaged in the supporting frame.
- A further advantage is that the invention affords the possibility of graduating or controlling the amount of fabric engaged in the inner seat of the supporting frame depending on the load supporting capability thereof.
- This feature allows, on a side, to precise arrange the fabric material inside the supporting frame while simultaneously obtaining, at each side of the frame, and where it would be required, a proper tensioning of the fabric material, with an adjustable intensity, and which accordingly can be adapted to the different physical features of the used materials, depending on the result to be achieved.
- Moreover, it is possible to recover the curtain panel to its starting condition, as the fabric material would be deformed by washing and maintenance operations.
- Yet another advantage of the invention is that the curtain panel can be easily installed in its frame and its frame can be easily installed on outer supporting elements, either in a horizontal or a vertical position, or in a freely suspended condition, by using either fixed suspending means or slidable means, owing to the provision of a suitable designed seat provided for housing easily available means adapted to make the curtain rigid with the supporting frame.
- In practicing the invention, the used materials, as well as the contingent size and shapes can be any, depending to requirements and the status of the art.
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- A curtain construction (1) for windows and furnishings comprising a cloth element (2) supported by a supporting frame (3), which encompasses said cloth element along all its four sides, the frame being provided with latching means and sliding means (4) which can be engaged in a rail (5) for panel curtain, characterized in that the sliding means comprise support element (4) having a T-shape cross section, engaged, on a side, corresponding to the horizontal leg of the T-shape, in a slot (6) of said supporting frame (3) and, on another side, corresponding to the vertical leg of the T, provided with sliding elements, including sliding wheels (7) which can be driven on said rail (5), said frame (3) comprising two section members being respectively a body section member (10) and a cover section member (8) cooperating to form a frame body of said supporting frame (3), and a core member (9), said core member operating for locking said cloth element (2), the edge of each cloth element (2) being arranged in a seat (12) or chamber defined in the body section member (8) of said supporting frame (3).
- A curtain construction, according to claim 1, characterized in that said two section members (8, 10) and core member (9) can be manually assembled, without using assembling tools, with angle elements, to provide a perimeter of said curtain.
- A curtain construction, according to claim 1, characterized in that said core member (9) is made by insert elements arranged inside said frame body.
- A curtain construction, according to claim 1, characterized in that one of said section members (8, 10) comprises composite materials.
- A curtain construction, according to claim 1, characterized in that said section members (8, 10) are respectively made of aluminium or steel or other rigid material, with respect to their outer portion exposed to the view, and of a plastic material with respect to their inner portion contacting the other section member to which it is connected by a snap type of coupling, said latter portion being firmly coupled to the aluminium material to provide a single section member.
- A curtain construction, according to claim 1, characterized in that one of said section member (8, 10) is made of aluminium or steel, or any other rigid material, with respect to its outer portion exposed to the view
- A curtain construction, according to claim 1, characterized in that said section member (8, 10) comprises, in its inner portion contacting the other section member to which it is coupled by a snap type of coupling, a lug made of another plastic material firmly coupled thereto, so as to provide a single section member.
- A curtain construction, according to claim 1, characterized in that said cloth element (2) is engaged in said seat (12) formed in said body and is firmly fixed inside said seat by snap applying said core member (9) on said body.
- A curtain construction, according to claim 1, characterized in that the size of the seat (12) for housing therein said cloth element (12), or other material, inside said body, defines the adjusting range of said curtain or of the tension of said curtain.
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