EP1964999B1 - Ausziehbare Markise - Google Patents

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EP1964999B1
EP1964999B1 EP08150314.6A EP08150314A EP1964999B1 EP 1964999 B1 EP1964999 B1 EP 1964999B1 EP 08150314 A EP08150314 A EP 08150314A EP 1964999 B1 EP1964999 B1 EP 1964999B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/02—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins
    • E04F10/06—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building
    • E04F10/0607—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building with guiding-sections for supporting the movable end of the blind
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F10/00—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins
    • E04F10/02—Sunshades, e.g. Florentine blinds or jalousies; Outside screens; Awnings or baldachins of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas ; Baldachins

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  • the present invention relates to a retractable awning of the type having the characteristics mentioned in the preamble of the principal claim.
  • An awning of the aforementioned type is typically used to cover exterior spaces, and generally comprises a piece of fabric fixed to one or more cross-pieces which are movable along two lateral guides.
  • the mobility of the aforesaid cross-pieces and the consequent translation of the fabric from an extended position to a folded position are provided by one or more slidable elements, such as carriages or the like, guided in each of the aforesaid guides.
  • each of these carriages is fixed removably to one of the cross-pieces by a threaded connection.
  • This connection comprises a screw fixed to the carriage, passing through a hole formed in the corresponding cross-piece, and a securing nut screwed on to the free end of this screw, the nut being housed in a corresponding housing formed in the cross-piece.
  • the housing of the securing nut is sealed by a removable cover fitted on the cross-piece.
  • Document WO 03/085221 discloses a retractable awning that comprises a piece of fabric fixed to cross-pieces movable along guide means, and slidable elements guided on the guide means and connected to the corresponding cross-pieces by means of a clip fixed to the cross-piece and hung by the slidable element by means of a hook.
  • a drawback of the awning disclosed WO 03/085221 is due to the fact that it is structural complex and requires long operations for installing the awning itself.
  • Document DE 10213440 discloses an awning that comprises a piece of fabric fixed to a frontal cross-piece movable along guide means, and a slidable element movable on the guide means and connected to the cross-piece by means of a snap-fit system. More in detail, the slidable element is provided with a screw and with a resilient pin suitable to be inserted in a longitudinal groove provided in the cross-piece.
  • the cross-piece is an elongated extruded aluminum section, and the longitudinal groove is provided on the bottom face of the cross-piece during the extrusion phase of the production process.
  • the slidable element is engaged to the cross-piece pressing the slidable element against the cross-piece along a fitting direction perpendicular to bottom face of the cross-piece and perpendicular to the guide means of the awning, in order to insert the head of the screw and the resilient pin in the groove of the cross-piece.
  • the resilient pin abuts against a sloping wall of the longitudinal groove so that the resilient pin pushes the head of the screw to engage with a longitudinal projection provided on an edge of the longitudinal groove.
  • a drawback of the awning disclosed DE 10213440 is due to the fact that it is structurally complex due to the arrangement of the resilient pins and of the screw on the slidable element, and involves difficult operations for installing the awning itself that require to press the slidable elements against the bottom face of the cross-piece until the resilient pin has pushed the screw to engage the projection of the longitudinal groove of the cross-piece.
  • the problem underlying the present invention is to provide an awning that is structurally simple and that is easy to install.
  • the number 1 indicates the whole of a retractable awning, particularly an awning for covering exterior spaces, made according to the invention.
  • the awning comprises an awning fabric 2 which can be moved between a closed position, with the fabric folded up to form a typical configuration of adjacent pockets 3, shown in Figure 1 , and an extended position, with the fabric extended over the area covered by the awning, shown in Figure 3 .
  • the awning also comprises a plurality of cross-pieces 5, made for example from extruded aluminium sections, spaced apart from each other and fixed to the fabric 2 by fixing means which are described below.
  • the cross-pieces 5 are movable along guide means comprising, in the example of embodiment of Figure 1 , two lateral guides 4, which are also preferably made by extrusion of aluminium sections. At the opposing axial ends of each section 5 there are fixed corresponding slidable elements 6, each being provided with a body 6a on which are mounted the wheels 7 by means of which the slidable elements 6 are engaged slidably in the cavities of the guide sections 4.
  • Each slidable element 6 is also fixed to the corresponding cross-piece 5 by snap-fit connection means indicated as a whole by the numeral 8, and described in detail below.
  • the slidable elements 6 associated with the cross-piece 5a can be made to be driven by corresponding active branches of a pair of powered belts (not shown) housed in the sections of the corresponding lateral guides 4, using belt transmission systems which are known and which therefore do not form part of the present invention.
  • the snap-fit connection means 8 for connecting a slidable element 6 to the corresponding cross-piece 5 comprise a first and a second element, which can be engaged with each other, and which are positioned, respectively, on the slidable element 6 and on the cross-piece 5.
  • the first element of the snap-fit connection means 8 comprises a projection 9 formed on the slidable element 6, while the second element of the snap-fit connection means 8 comprises a housing 10 associated with the cross-piece 5.
  • the projection 9 extends from the corresponding body 6a outside the cavity of the guide section 4, and comprises a free end 9a, from which two lateral appendages 11 and 12 extend in opposite directions.
  • the housing 10 comprises a base 13 and two opposing lateral walls 14 and 15, between which a cavity 16 is formed for housing the end 9a of the projection 9.
  • a through hole 13a is formed in the base 13 in a position corresponding to a through hole 2a in the fabric 2 and to a threaded hole 5c on the axial end 5b of the cross-piece 5.
  • the housing 10 can be connected to the cross-piece 5 with the fabric 2 interposed between them, by means of a screw (not shown) passing through the holes 2a and 13a and screwed into the hole of an insert (also not shown) housed in the cross-piece 5.
  • the walls 14 and 15 are provided, at their ends farthest from the base 13, with respective protrusions 17 and 18 facing the cavity 16.
  • the projection 9 can be fitted into the base 10, to form the connected configuration shown in Figure 7 , by sliding these parts relative to each other in a fitting direction X parallel to the guide 4.
  • the snap-fit connection means 8 also comprise a third element, comprising, in the example shown in the aforesaid figures, a flat spring 20 which can be deformed between a first compressed position which allows the projection to be fitted into the housing 10 and a second non-deformed position in which the projection 9 and the housing 10 are held together by the spring 20 in the direction opposite the direction of fitting.
  • the spring 20 comprises a central 20a, bearing on a planar surface 21 which is orthogonal to the direction of fitting and which is formed at the end of the projection 9 which is initially introduced into the housing 10 on its fitting trajectory.
  • the portion 20a of the spring 20 is fixed to the surface 21 by means of a screw 22, orientated along the direction of fitting X.
  • the spring 20 comprises, at the ends of the central portion 20a, two wings 23a and 23b, extending over a portion of the appendages 11 and 12 respectively.
  • Each of the wings 23a and 23b is provided has one end 24 adjacent to the portion 20a, and an opposing free end 25.
  • the flat spring 20 is movable from the second, non-deformed, position to the first, compressed, position by compression of the wings 23a and 23b in a direction orthogonal to the direction of fitting X.
  • the spring assumes a tapered configuration from the free ends 25 of the wings towards the ends 24.
  • This configuration enables the wings 23a and 23b to be deformed automatically towards the appendages 11 and 12 respectively, on the fitting trajectory, by interference between the wings 23a and 23b and the walls 14 and 15 respectively of the housing 10.
  • the projection 9 comprises, at its end opposite the end to which the spring 20 is fixed, a shoulder 27, orthogonal to the direction of fitting X, bearing on a surface 28 of the housing 10, parallel to and opposite the surface 26.
  • the shoulder 27 forms the limiting device for the sliding of the projection 9 for fitting in the housing 10.
  • Figure 8 shows a variant construction of the invention, indicated by 1a, intended for an awning, particularly for covering exterior spaces.
  • This variant is intended for applications in which, because of the greater width of the fabric, an intermediate guide 4a is required in addition to the lateral guides 4, and is placed between the guides 4.
  • each of the cross-pieces 5 of the awning 1a is associated with a housing 10a which is identical to the housing 10 of the awning 1.
  • the housing 10a fixed in a position remote from both axial ends of the cross-piece 5, can be connected to a corresponding slidable element (which is not shown, but which is identical to the slidable element 6) which is movable along the guide 4a.
  • Fixing means are interposed between the cross-piece 5 and the housing 10a, comprising an insert 29 housed in a channel 30 extending axially in the cross-piece 5.
  • the channel 30 has an opening 30a on the side of the cross-piece 5 facing the awning 2.
  • the insert has three threaded holes 31, 32a and 32b, aligned in the direction of longitudinal extension of the cross-piece.
  • the portion of the fabric 2 placed on the cross-piece 5 next to the insert 29 comprises three through holes 33, 34a and 34b, whose size and position match those of the holes 31, 32a and 32b respectively.
  • the means of fixing the cross-piece 5 to the housing 10a also comprise a flange 35 which can bear on the fabric 2, and which has three through holes 36, 37a and 37b, whose size and position match those of the holes 31, 32a and 32b respectively.
  • the flange 35 can be fixed to the insert 29 by means of two screws (not shown) which pass, respectively, through the holes 37a, 37b and 34a, 34b and are screwed into the holes 32a and 32b.
  • the housing 10a is removably connected to the flange 35 by means of a screw (not shown) passing through the holes 13a, 36 and 33 and screwed into the hole 31.
  • a gasket 38 is interposed between the flange 35 and the fabric 2, to act as a seal to prevent the passage of water through the holes 33, 34a and 34b.
  • the cross-pieces 5 can be assembled and fixed to the fabric 2, which is interposed between the housings 10 and 10a, before they are connected to the appendages 9 of the corresponding slidable elements 6 of the guides 4 and 4a.
  • the cross-piece 5 can be connected to all the slidable elements 6 which support it along a single fitting trajectory, since the directions of fitting X are parallel to the guides 4 and 4a.
  • the fitting is additionally facilitated by the fact that the compression of the spring 20 on the fitting trajectory takes place automatically.
  • the stability of the connection is ensured by the fact that, when the projection 9 is fitted into the corresponding housing 10 or 10a, the shoulder 27 and the wings 23a and 23b of the spring 20 interact, by interfering with the surfaces 28 and 26 respectively, to lock the projection 9 with respect to the housing 10 in the fitting direction and in the opposite direction respectively.

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  1. Ausziehbare Markise (1), die Folgendes umfasst:
    - ein an mindestens einem entlang Führungsvorrichtungen (4) beweglichen Querträger (5) befestigtes Tuch (2);
    - mindestens ein gleitend in den Führungsvorrichtungen (4) bewegtes und mit dem Querträger (5) verbindbares Element (6);
    - Vorrichtungen zum Anbringen (8) des gleitenden Elements (6) am Querträger (5);
    wobei die Vorrichtungen zum Anbringen (8) des Typs zum Einrasten sind und ein erstes, entweder auf dem gleitenden Element (6) oder dem Querträger (5) positioniertes Element und ein zweites, entweder auf dem anderen gleitenden Element (6) oder dem Querträger (5) positioniertes Element umfassen, wobei das erste und zweite Element jeweils miteinander verbunden werden können, und ein drittes, zwischen einer ersten Position, die die relative Verbindung zwischen dem ersten und dem zweiten Element gestattet, und einer zweiten Position, in der das erste und zweite Element jeweils von dem dritten Element in mindestens einer Richtung entlang der Verbindungsrichtung gehalten werden, elastisch verformbares Element;
    wobei es sich bei dem ersten Element um einen Vorsprung (9) handelt und das zweite Element einen Sitz (10, 10a) umfasst und der Vorsprung (9) in den genannten Sitz (10, 10a) einrasten kann;
    wobei der Vorsprung (9) auf dem genannten gleitenden Element (6) eingerichtet und der Sitz (10, 10a) mit dem Querträger (5) verbunden ist;
    wobei die genannte ausziehbare Markise (1) dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass:
    - der Sitz (10, 10a) an dem genannten Querträger (5) lösbar angebracht ist;
    - die Einrastrichtung parallel zu den genannten Führungsvorrichtungen (4) verläuft.
  2. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach Anspruch 1, bei der der Sitz (10) auf einem axialen Ende (5b) des Querträgers (5) lösbar am Querträger (5) angebracht ist.
  3. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach Anspruch 1, bei der der Sitz (10a) in von beiden axialen Enden des Querträgers (5) im Abstand befindlicher Position anhand von Verbindungsvorrichtungen lösbar am Querträger angebracht ist, die sich mindestens zum Teil in einer axial in dem Querträger (5) verlaufenden Unterbringung befinden.
  4. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach Anspruch 3, bei der die Unterbringung eine Nut (30) mit einer in Richtung des genannten Tuchs (2) gerichteten Öffnung (30a) umfasst und die Verbindungsvorrichtungen einen in der Nut (30) untergebrachten Einsatz (29) umfassen, der mindestens eine Gewindebohrung (31) einschließt.
  5. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach Anspruch 4, bei der die Verbindungsvorrichtungen einen Flansch (35) umfassen, der mittels mindestens einer, mit der Gewindebohrung (31) verbindbaren sowie über die Öffnung (30a) und eine Öffnung (33) des Tuchs (2) verlaufenden Schraube mit dem Einsatz (29) verbunden werden kann, wobei das Tuch (2) zwischen dem Flansch (35) und dem Querträger (5) verläuft.
  6. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach Anspruch 5, wobei der Sitz (10a) lösbar mit dem Flansch (35) verbunden ist.
  7. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, bei der das dritte Element eine an dem ersten Element angebrachte Blattfeder (20) umfasst.
  8. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach Anspruch 7, bei der die Blattfeder (20) mit mindestens einer nachgiebigen Lamelle versehen ist, die geeignet ist, sich in der zweiten Position gegen eine Anschlagfläche (26) auf dem Sitz (10, 10a) zu bewegen.
  9. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach Anspruch 8, in der die Blattfeder (20) durch Zusammendrücken der mindestens einen Lamelle (23a) in rechtwinkliger Einrastrichtung aus der zweiten Position in die erste verschoben werden kann.
  10. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach Anspruch 9, bei der die mindestens eine Lamelle (23a) geeignet ist, durch Wirkung der Behinderung zwischen dem Sitz (10, 10a) und dem Vorsprung (9) während des Einrasthubs des genannten Vorsprungs automatisch in dem Sitz (10, 10a) zusammengedrückt zu werden.
  11. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, bei der auf mindestens dem Sitz (10, 10a) oder dem Vorsprung (9) Endanschlagvorrichtungen vorgesehen sind, um das relative Gleiten des Einrastens des Vorsprungs (9) in den Sitz (10, 10a) zu blockieren.
  12. Ausziehbare Markise nach Anspruch 11, bei der die Endanschlagvorrichtungen einen zur Einrastrichtung rechtwinkligen Ansatz (27) umfassen.
  13. Ausziehbare Markise (1) nach Anspruch 12, bei der der Ansatz (27) auf dem Vorsprung (9) auf einem im Verhältnis zur Blattfeder (20) entgegengesetzten Ende eingerichtet ist.
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