Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural strip – slat – or panel type – Venetian blind type
Patent
1976-01-16
1976-12-14
Caun, Peter M.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural strip, slat, or panel type
Venetian blind type
160176R, E06B 926, E06B 936
Patent
active
039969886
ABSTRACT:
A vertical venetian blind including a driving shaft, a plurality of slat travellers each having a driven shaft and a slip coupling for connecting the driving shaft to the driven shaft, and a plurality of slats each connected to a driven shaft. The slip coupling includes a bushing mounted on the driving shaft to rotate with and to slide along the driving shaft, and a worm tightly enclosing the bushing and having a screw thread. The driven shaft includes a worm wheel and two stop cams for contacting ends of the screw thread. The worm can slip with respect to the bushing when the driving shaft rotates and one end of the screw thread contacts one of the cams or the other end of the screw thread contacts the other stop cam.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2199999 (1940-05-01), Jensen et al.
patent: 3054446 (1962-09-01), Cayton
patent: 3455364 (1969-07-01), Fukuoka
patent: 3802222 (1974-04-01), Weber
patent: 3860056 (1975-01-01), Bruneau
Caun Peter M.
Hunter Douglas Industries B.V.
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