Electricity: motive power systems – Motor-reversing – Automatic and/or with time-delay means
Patent
1995-11-16
1998-03-17
Masih, Karen
Electricity: motive power systems
Motor-reversing
Automatic and/or with time-delay means
318 17, 318254, 318 16, 318466, 1101681, 1101761, H02P 100
Patent
active
057291039
ABSTRACT:
A mini-blind actuator has a motor and a housing that holds the motor and a dc battery. The rotor of the motor is coupled to the baton of the mini-blind for rotating the baton and thereby opening or closing the slats of the mini-blind. Alternatively, the rotor is coupled to the tilt rod of the blind to rotate the tilt rod and thereby open or close the slats of the mini-blind. A control signal generator generates a control signal for completing the electrical circuit between the battery and the motor. The control signal can be generated in response to a predetermined amount of daylight or in response to a user-generated remote command signal. The actuator can be used to rotate the slats of horizontal or vertical blinds, or the sections of a pleated shade. Or, the actuator can be used to rotate the hollow rotatable tube of a roll-up shade.
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Catalog: Ras Motorized Window Coverings Catalog. RAS Window Coverings, Inc. 2 Republic St., Buffalo, NY, 14204.
Brochure: Solar Drape Automatic Drapery Control Systems. Solar Drape Ltd., 250 Wales Ave., Tonawanda, NY 14150.
Domel Douglas R.
Walker Winston G.
Harmonic Design Inc.
Masih Karen
Rogitz John L.
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