Vehicle roofs

Claim 1

A VEHICLE ROOF COMPRISING A FIXED ROOF PART, PORTIONS OF SAID FIXED ROOF PART DEFINING AN APERTURE THEREIN AND A FORWARDLY TRANSVERSE MEMBER, A RAIN GUTTER ON SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO THE VEHICLE ROOF, ROOF GUIDE MEANS DISPOSED AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID APERTURE AND EXTENDING IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE ROOF, A MOVABLE ROOF PART HAVING THE FORM OF A RIGID SLIDABLE ROOF AND ADAPTED TO BE DISPLACED ALONG SAID ROOF GUIDE MEANS IN SAID LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION BETWEEN ON OPEN POSITION AND A CLOSED POSITION FORWARD OF SAID OPEN POSITION, SAID MOVABLE ROOF PART COMPLETELY COVERING SAID APERTURE IN SAID CLOSED POSITION, DRIVING MEANS DISPOSED AT A FIXED LOCATION ADJACENT THE FOREMOST SIDE OF SAID APERTURE, SAID LOCATION BEING DIRECTLY BELOW SAID MOVABLE ROOF PART WHEN THE LATTER IS IN SAID CLOSED POSITION, MEANS AT SAID LOCATION SECURING SAID DRIVING MEANS TO SAID PORTIONS DEFINING THE APERTURE, CABLE MEANS RIGID TO AXIAL FORCE, ENGAGED BY SAID DRIVING MEANS AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID LOCATION AND TWO RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID MOVABLE ROOF PART THAT ARE ADJACENT SAID ROOF GUIDE MEANS, FOR TRANSMITTING DRIVING FORCE FROM SAID DRIVING MEANS TO SAID MOVABLE ROOF PART, SAID CABLE MEANS INCLUDING PORTIONS FORMED WITH RECESSES, A DRIVING WHEEL CONSTITUTING PART OF SAID DRIVING MEANS AND ADAPTED TO APPLY SAID FORCE TO SAID CABLE MEANS, SAID DRIVING WHEEL COMPRISING PERIPHERAL TEETH PORTIONS ENGAGING SAID RECESSES IN SAID CABLE MEANS FOR CAUSING AXIAL DISPLACEMENT OF SAID CABLE MEANS IN ORDER TO DISPLACE SAID MOVABLE ROOF PART, A DRIVING SPINDLE ALSO CONSTITUTING PART OF SAID DRIVING MEANS AND BEING FIXED COAXIALLY TO SAID DRIVING WHEEL FOR ROTATION THEREOF, MEANS AT SAID TWO RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS CONNECTING SAID CABLE MEANS TO SAID MOVABLE ROOF PART, CABLE GUIDE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIXED ROOF PART FOR GUIDING SAID CABLE MEANS BETWEEN SAID TWO RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS ON THE ONE HAND AND SAID FIXED LOCATION ON THE OTHER HAND, PARTS OF SAID CABLE GUIDE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID APERTURE DEFINING PORTIONS OF THE FIXED ROOF PART ADJACENT THE FOREMOST SIDE OF SAID APERTURE AND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID DRIVING MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID CABLE MEANS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID DRIVING WHEEL, A DRIVE CASE SITUATED AT SAID LOCATION, SAID DRIVING WHEEL BEING MOUNTED IN SAID DRIVE CASE IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THAT OF SAID MOVABLE ROOF PART, PORTIONS OF SAID DRIVE CASE FORMING PART OF SAID CABLE GUIDE MEANS AND DEFINING DUCTS IN SAID DRIVE CASE FOR GUIDING SAID CABLE MEANS PAST SAID DRIVING WHEEL, FURTHER PORTIONS OF SAID DRIVE CASE DEFINING A HOLE THROUGH WHICH EXTENDS SAID SPINDLE, THE AXIS OF SAID SPINDLE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF SAID MOVABLE ROOF PART, SAID DRIVE CASE COMPRISING A MAIN DRIVE CASE PART AND A DRIVE CASE COVER ON THE LATTER, RELEASABLE SECURING MEANS CONNECTING SAID MAIN DRIVE CASE PART AND SAID DRIVE CASE COVER, SAID PORTIONS OF THE DRIVE CASE DEFINING GUIDE DUCTS BEING PROVIDED BETWEEN SAID MAIN DRIVE CASE PART AND SAID DRIVE CASE COVER WHEREBY SAID CABLE MEANS ARE GUIDED PAST DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE PERIPHERAL TEETH PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST DRIVING WHEEL, SAID DRIVE CASE BEING MADE OF A CASTING OF CORROSION-RESISTANT LIGHT METAL, A LINER OF HARD MATERIAL BEING MOUNTED IN SAID GUIDE DUCTS ABOVE SAID DRIVING WHEEL FOR PREVENTING WEAR OF SAID DRIVE CASE BY THE CABLE MEANS, AND SAID LINER BEING CONSTITUTED BY A METAL STRIP IN THE SHAPE OF AN INVERTED TROUGH WITHOUT END WALLS.