US4878528A
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Electric blind
Assignee: SST TRADING Inc
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Filing: 1988-03-09
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Granted: 1989-11-07
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Expires: 2008-03-09
Abstract
Abstract Herein disclosed is an electric blind of the type, in which a traverse rod drive motor, a tilt rod drive motor and their drive transmitting means are arranged at one end side of a casing frame so that the casing frame can be easily cut at the other end side without removing those motors and the drive transmitting means to leave a new casing from of a desired length. The traverse rod and the tilt rod can be cut together with the casing frame to improve the workability of the electric blind. This blind has its slats offset from the center line of the casing frame so that a shield cover can be extended to below the casing frame to prevent the light from breaking therethrough. In this blind, moreover, the positions of the clamping portions of brackets for supporting the two sides of the casing frame can be adjusted independently of one another so that the blind can be mounted on the wall or the like without any difficulty.
Inventors
- 👤 Masanori Kobayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 09:34
CPC Classifications
E; E06; E06B; E06B9/00; E06B9/24; E06B9/26; E06B9/28; E06B9/30; E06B9/32; E06B9/323; E06B9/36; E06B9/361; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S160/00; Y10S160/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
439 words
An electric blind to be mounted on a mounting support face, comprising: a generally elongated casing frame having a pair of longitudinally extending guide rails; at least two brackets fitted on said casing frame for fastening said casing frame therethrough to said mounting support face, each of said at least two brackets including a body having a mounted portion to be mounted on said mounting support face, a support arm extending generally at a right angle from said mounted portion, and a first slot formed in a base end of said support arm, a hanger head having a planar body fitted slidably on the support arm of said body of the bracket, a one-side clamping hook formed at a leading end of said planar body, and a second slot formed in the base end of said support arm, a hanger hook having a planar body fitted slidably on the base end of said support arm, and an other-side clamping end extending from the other end of said planar body, first fixing means being inserted through the planar body of said hanger hook and loosely through said first slot and said second slot for fixing said hanger head and said hanger hook on said support arm, and second fixing means for selectively fixing said hanger head on said support arm, said first fixing means having a first bolt and a nut having an internally threaded hole into which said first bolt is screwed, said second fixing means having a second bolt and an internally threaded hole formed in said hanger head; a traverse rod borne rotatably in the longitudinal direction of said casing frame; a plurality of runners made rotatable to run one by one on said guide rails when said traverse rod is driven; a plurality of slats, each suspended from a corresponding one of said runners; a tilt rod borne rotatably in the longitudinal direction of said casing frame; tilt means meshing with said tilt rod for tilting said slats when rotated by said tilt rod; traverse drive means for driving said traverse rod when the traverse drive means is excited; tilt drive means for driving said tilt rod when the tilt drive means is excited; and, drive transmitting means for transmitting driving forces of said traverse drive means and said tilt drive means to said traverse rod and said tilt rod, respectively, and wherein said traverse drive means, said tilt drive means and said transmitting means are arranged in one end side of said casing frame, whereby said casing frame can be cut at an other end side to leave a casing frame of a desired length.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
439 words
An electric blind to be mounted on a mounting support face, comprising: a generally elongated casing frame having a pair of longitudinally extending guide rails; at least two brackets fitted on said casing frame for fastening said casing frame therethrough to said mounting support face, each of said at least two brackets including a body having a mounted portion to be mounted on said mounting support face, a support arm extending generally at a right angle from said mounted portion, and a first slot formed in a base end of said support arm, a hanger head having a planar body fitted slidably on the support arm of said body of the bracket, a one-side clamping hook formed at a leading end of said planar body, and a second slot formed in the base end of said support arm, a hanger hook having a planar body fitted slidably on the base end of said support arm, and an other-side clamping end extending from the other end of said planar body, first fixing means being inserted through the planar body of said hanger hook and loosely through said first slot and said second slot for fixing said hanger head and said hanger hook on said support arm, and second fixing means for selectively fixing said hanger head on said support arm, said first fixing means having a first bolt and a nut having an internally threaded hole into which said first bolt is screwed, said second fixing means having a second bolt and an internally threaded hole formed in said hanger head; a traverse rod borne rotatably in the longitudinal direction of said casing frame; a plurality of runners made rotatable to run one by one on said guide rails when said traverse rod is driven; a plurality of slats, each suspended from a corresponding one of said runners; a tilt rod borne rotatably in the longitudinal direction of said casing frame; tilt means meshing with said tilt rod for tilting said slats when rotated by said tilt rod; traverse drive means for driving said traverse rod when the traverse drive means is excited; tilt drive means for driving said tilt rod when the tilt drive means is excited; and, drive transmitting means for transmitting driving forces of said traverse drive means and said tilt drive means to said traverse rod and said tilt rod, respectively, and wherein said traverse drive means, said tilt drive means and said transmitting means are arranged in one end side of said casing frame, whereby said casing frame can be cut at an other end side to leave a casing frame of a desired length.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
An electric blind according to claim 1, wherein said traverse rod and said tilt rod are disposed in a lower portion of said casing frame, and wherein said traverse drive means, said tilt drive means and said drive transmitting means are disposed in an upper portion of said casing frame.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
An electric blind according to claim 1, wherein said drive transmitting means includes two trains of gears meshing with said traverse drive means and said traverse rod and with said tilt drive means and said tilt rod, respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
An electric blind according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of spacers for allowing the leading one of said runners, when said traverse rod is rotated, to proceed while sequentially pulling the succeeding ones of said runners therethrough.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
88 words
An electric blind according to claim 4, wherein the cut portion of said casing frame includes a side plate fitted so removably on the other end side of said casing frame and having a traverse bearing for bearing said traverse rod therein and a tilt bearing for bearing said tilt rod therein that said casing frame can be cut together with a predetermined length of said traverse rod and said tilt rod and a corresponding number of said runners and said spacers when said side plate is removed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
An electric blind according to claim 5, wherein said cut portion has at least one third length of said casing frame.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
58 words
An electric blind according to claim 5, wherein the bearings of said side plate have receiving holes extending at least to the open end face of said casing frame so that the open end face of said casing frame and the end faces of said traverse rod and said tilt rod may lie generally on a common plane.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
An electric blind according to claim 1, wherein said tilt rod is of a screw type having a helical thread, and wherein said tilt drive means includes: a plurality of hooks suspending said slats therefrom, respectively, and a plurality of worm shafts each meshing with the helical thread of said tilt rod and having its lower end connected to the corresponding one of said hooks.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
70 words
An electric blind according to claim 1, further comprising: a rod chamber formed in said casing frame with an offset to one side from the center line of said casing frame for accomodating said traverse rod and said tilt rod therein and formed therein with said guide rails so that said slats may run along said guide rails with a corresponding offset from the center line of said casing frame.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
An electric blind according to Claim 9, further comprising: a shield cover fitted on the outer wall face of said casing frame at the side opposite to that of said rod chamber and extending downward from the lower end of said casing frame.
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