Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
192 words
An awning system or the like comprisng a screening material piece which is provided at the edge connected with the winding rod with a thickened portion, a winding rod having a longitudinal extending cavity having a narrow portion at the surface of the rod and a wider portion inside the narrow portion, the screening material having its thickened portion received in the wider portion of the cavity and extending away from the cavity through the narrow portion thereof, the cavity being open at at least one end of the rod, and bearing arrangements rotatably supporting the ends of the rod, at least one of the bearing arrangements being formed with a passage having at least the same sectional size as the thickened edge portion of the screening material and being so related to the open end of the cavity that the rod is rotatable to a position in which the thickened edge portion of the screening material piece is in the longitudinal direction of the rod removable from and introducable into the cavity through said passage in order to disconnect the screening material from and connect the material with the rod, respectively.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
192 words
An awning system or the like comprisng a screening material piece which is provided at the edge connected with the winding rod with a thickened portion, a winding rod having a longitudinal extending cavity having a narrow portion at the surface of the rod and a wider portion inside the narrow portion, the screening material having its thickened portion received in the wider portion of the cavity and extending away from the cavity through the narrow portion thereof, the cavity being open at at least one end of the rod, and bearing arrangements rotatably supporting the ends of the rod, at least one of the bearing arrangements being formed with a passage having at least the same sectional size as the thickened edge portion of the screening material and being so related to the open end of the cavity that the rod is rotatable to a position in which the thickened edge portion of the screening material piece is in the longitudinal direction of the rod removable from and introducable into the cavity through said passage in order to disconnect the screening material from and connect the material with the rod, respectively.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
An awning system as claimed in claim 1, in which each bearing arrangement comprises a bearing housing and a drum rotatably journalled in the housing and unrotatably connected with the rod.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
An awning system as claimed in claim 2, in which the drum of one of the bearing arrangements is provided with a strap for controlling the rotation of the drum and thereby the rotation of the rod.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
An awning system as claimed in claim 2 wherein the said passage extends through both the bearing housing and the drum of the at least one bearing arrangement.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
82 words
An awning system as claimed in claim 4 in which the drum of the at least one bearing arrangement is provided with a strap for controlling the rotation of the drum and thereby the rotation of the rod, the strap including a thickened edge portion introducible into the drum passage in the longitudinal direction, the drum passage having a narrow portion through which the strap may pass while blocking passage of the thickened edge to thereby hold the strap to the drum.