IPC분류정보
| 국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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| 국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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| 출원번호 |
US-0871846
(1986-06-09)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Sloop David J. (St. Louis MO) Yu Hsiang-Lin (St. Louis MO)
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| 출원인 / 주소 |
- Sytron Corporation (University City MO 02)
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| 인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
70 인용 특허 :
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초록
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An electrically powered window shade with selectively variable shading characteristics is installable within a window opening for selectively blocking (by absorption or reflection), filtering and/or transmitting light through the window shade into a room for purposes of energy control and/or decorat
An electrically powered window shade with selectively variable shading characteristics is installable within a window opening for selectively blocking (by absorption or reflection), filtering and/or transmitting light through the window shade into a room for purposes of energy control and/or decoration, etc. This window shade comprises an upper roller assembly, a lower roller assembly, and an elongate flexible web wound on the upper and lower roller assemblies, with the web being longer than the spacing between the upper and lower roller assemblies. Each of the roller assemblies comprises an elongate tubular roller, bearings engageable with the end of the roller for rotatably journaling the ends of the roller with respect to the window. The web is scrolled onto and from the rollers as the latter are rotated about their respective longitudinal axes. A drive is provided for each of the rollers so as to drive the rollers in one direction or the other so as to scroll the web from one of the rollers onto the other roller. The drive comprises a gearmotor having an output shaft substantially coaxial with the gearmotor, and with the gearmotor being received within the roller, with the output shaft being coaxial with the roller. The gear motor is fixed against rotation with respect to the frame. Further, each of the gearmotors includes a torsional spring for maintaining the web taut as it is scrolled and unscrolled from one roller to the other, and while the web is stationary and to accommodate changes in rotation rates and roll diameters as the web is scrolled and unscrolled. Specifically, this torsional spring operatively connects the output shaft of each gearmotor with its respective roller. The torsional spring of one of the rollers is wound in one direction (e.g., clockwise), and the other torsional spring associated with the other gearmotor is wound in the other direction (e.g., counterclockwise) so that upon initial energization of one gearmotor or the other, differences in rotational speed and start-up times between the gearmotors will be taken up.
대표청구항
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Apparatus installable within a window opening for selectively at least partially absorbing, reflecting, and transmitting light, said apparatus comprising an upper roller assembly, a lower roller assembly, and an elongate flexible web substantially longer than the spacing between said upper and lower
Apparatus installable within a window opening for selectively at least partially absorbing, reflecting, and transmitting light, said apparatus comprising an upper roller assembly, a lower roller assembly, and an elongate flexible web substantially longer than the spacing between said upper and lower roller assemblies, each of said roller assemblies comprising an elongate tubular roller, bearing means engageable with the ends of each of said roller assemblies for rotatably journaling the ends of said roller with respect to said window opening, said web being scrolled onto and from said rollers as the latter are rotated about their respective longitudinal axes in one rotational direction or the other, and means for selectively driving each of said rollers in one rotational direction or the other so as to scroll and unscroll said web, said driving means comprising a gearmotor having an output shaft substantially coaxial with said gearmotor, said gearmotor being received within each said roller with said output shaft being substantially coaxial with said roller, said gearmotor being fixed against rotation relative to said frame, and means for maintaining said web taut as said web is scrolled and unscrolled from one of said rollers onto the other of said rollers and while said web is stationary, this last said means comprising a torsional spring operatively connecting said output shaft of a respective said gearmotor and a respective said roller, with one end of said torsional spring being fixed with respect to said roller and with the other end of said torsional spring being fixed with respect to said output shaft, one of said torsional springs operatively associated with one of said roller assemblies being wound in one direction, and the other of said torsional springs associated with the other of said roller assemblies being wound in the opposite direction.
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