Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – With hood – canopy – shield storage chamber – or outrigged... – For outrigged flexible panels
Patent
1992-06-29
1995-03-07
Johnson, Blair M.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
With hood, canopy, shield storage chamber, or outrigged...
For outrigged flexible panels
160 66, E04F 1000
Patent
active
053949218
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to an articulated arm awning with brackets for securing the awning to a wall or ceiling and with holders which can be secured on these brackets for a box accommodating the cloth shaft with awning cloth when necessary, whereby the holders can be hung in fixing means on the brackets in such a way that the brackets possess a hook-shaped, upward-facing projection at their bottom ends into which a strip projecting at the rear bottom ends of the holders can be hung. Such an arrangement is shown in DE-A-29 16 496, for example.
In addition, an articulated arm awning of this type is known from DE 25 14 941 C 3, for example. There, an awning with a self-supporting awning box is described which is secured to wall brackets with oblong holes by way of wall holders which encompass the awning box with stirrup supports, whereby the slope of the awning can be adjusted.
On the one hand, attachment of this articulated arm awning and slope adjustment are complex and capable of being changed only with difficulty. On the other hand, the awning box is relatively large and thus requires a large amount of material and is quite heavy.
The task of the invention is to create an articulated arm awning of the type mentioned at the start which is easier and simpler to secure and where slope adjustment is easier and which also consists of fewer parts overall.
The task of the invention is solved by the characteristics of patent claim 1.
Further characteristics of the invention are described individually in the other patent claims.
FIG. 1 a schematic sectional view of the new articulated arm awning;
FIG. 2 a perspective partial view of the articulated arm awning;
FIG. 3 a partial sectional view of the method of attachment of the articulated and pivoting screw bolt;
FIG. 4 a schematic side view of a further embodiment of the invention with a safety device;
FIG. 5 a schematic perspective partial view of the embodiment in accordance with FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 a schematic partial side view of a different embodiment of the invention and
FIG. 7 a schematic perspective view of a detail in FIG. 6.
FIG. 1 shows a cross-section of an articulated arm awning, preferably a box awning with a bracket 1, which can be secured both on a wall and, in the corresponding design, on a ceiling. Ceiling mounting is intended in this case.
Holders 2 can be secured on this bracket 1, of which there are normally several, which possess articulated arms 3 at their front end (only suggested here). These holders can be secured on the bracket 1 by way of fixing means 4 and 5. A box 6 with a roof 6a can be inserted in these holders, for example, whereby this box may consist of a flexible material, preferably thin metal sheet. In the embodiment described here as an example only, this box 6 comprises one piece. However, it can also consist of several parts which can be assembled in circumferential direction.
The holders 2 are secured to the brackets 1 such that the screw bolts 7 are supported in the bracket 1 in a bearing 7a (i.e., is held in a bore 21 of a bearing 20), which will be described in detail later. An adjustment element, here a nut 8, is screwed onto this screw bolt 7 which can be inserted into a recess 9 in the holders 2.
The brackets 1 possess a hook-shaped projection or such a strip 10 at their bottom ends into which a corresponding strip 11 of the holders 2 can be inserted.
The nut 8 possesses a collar 12 at its rear end facing the bracket 1 which engages in a corresponding groove 13 in the recess 9 of the holders 2 when inserted, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5. By turning the nut 8, relatively to the screw bolt 7 i.e. by turning the screw bolt 7, it is possible to adjust the tilt angle of the holders 2 with respect to the brackets 1 as a result of the resultant displacement of the nut 8.
The box 6 possesses hook-shaped, T-shaped projections or strips on its external circumference which are designated by 14 and 15 in the drawing. Other shapes are naturally also possible. The box 6 can be inserted in the corresponding hook-shaped openings. 16 or T-sha
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