Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – Venetian blind type
Patent
1998-06-29
1999-09-14
Purol, David M.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
Venetian blind type
160900, E06B 938
Patent
active
059507012
ABSTRACT:
A drive gear unit is provided for tilting vertically orientated slats of a vertical blind system. The unit includes a frame and a connection element for connecting the frame to a tubular support rail for a vertical blind system. The unit further includes a wand drive member having a shaft and a first spur gear wheel provided on the shaft so that the shaft for operative connection to a wand, the first spur gear having teeth which extend radially outwardly from a central hub. A rod locating member is associated with the frame and has a passage for locatingly receiving the vertical blind drive rod. A rod drive member has a rod connecting part adapted to be operatively joined to the vertical blind drive rod, and further has a second spur gear wheel joined to the rod connecting part. The second spur gear wheel has teeth which extend radially outwardly from a central hub. The first spur gear wheel and the second spur gear wheel are in operative mesh.
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Exactocraft (Proprietary) Limited
Purol David M.
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