Patent Grant
8025088
The present invention relates to a dual roll blind system which is able to adjust a light shading rate or extent, and in particular to a dual roll blind system in which it is possible to easily adjust an indoor light shading function as a light transmission part and a light non-transmission part formed on two blind materials are overlapped by moving at least one of two blind materials in a left or right direction with the help of an operation chain, and it is possible to easily adjust an up and down height.
As disclosed in a Korean utility model registration number 20-0401004, a conventional blind system is designed to perform a light transmission, partial light shading, and full light shading operation by adjusting an overlapping of two sheets of a polarization screen by moving one of two winding rolls using a feeding part having a cam.
The conventional blind system is provided with a winding roll feeding apparatus which is formed of a horizontal movement cam shaft, a bracket, a chain wheel and an operation chain as well as a screen winding apparatus formed of a chain wheel and an operation wheel which rotate a winding roll. So, the structure is so complicated, and manufacturing the same costs too much. It is needed to separately operate the winding apparatus and the feeding apparatus, thus causing many inconvenience when in use. In addition, since a winding roll is pushed and fed with the help of a difference between a long direction size and a short direction size in a horizontal direction movement with a sliding friction contact in a horizontal direction with one surface of a gear in a state that an elastic force of a spring keeps being applied to a winding roll, the winding roll, which moves while compressing the spring, does not maintain a fed state by means of an increased elastic force of the spring, so that it may move in a direction that a user does not want. In addition, since it is impossible to feed a winding roll by a long distance due to its structure in a horizontal direction, a width of the vertical polarization part and the horizontal polarization part should be small at the polarization screen. So, when a light shading is present in a partial state, it is impossible to provide a much opening feeling.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome the problems encountered in the conventional art.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a dual roll blind system for adjusting a light shading rate or extent by means of an overlapping operation by horizontally moving in a left direction or a right direction one of two blind materials having a light transmission part and alight non-transmission part each having a constant width, so that a structure is simplified, and it is possible to decrease a cost needed for a manufacture and maintenance.
It is further another object of the present invention to provide a dual roll blind system which obtains a reliable indoor light shading operation as well as an easier blind material height, for an easier use, an excellent operation reliability and durability.
To achieve the above object, there is provided a dual roll blind system which is able to adjust a light shading rate or extent, a dual roll blind system which comprises a winding roll which includes a roll casing rotatably supported between both side plates of a ceiling bracket; a driving winding roll which includes a moving member disposed between both side plates in parallel with the winding roll and is thread-engaged with a screw shaft rotating by means of a blind winding device of one side, a straight moving member which is provided for left and right straight movements by restricting the rotation of the moving member, and a roll casing engaged with the moving member and the straight moving member; a first blind material of which upper end is fixed at the winding roll and in which a′ light transmission part and a light non-transmission part having constant widths are alternately formed in a width wise direction; a second blind material of which upper end is fixed at the driving winding roll and which has a light transmission part and a light non-transmission part corresponding to the first blind material and is movable left and right; and a counterweight bar which fixes a lower end of the first blind material with a lower end of the second blind material being slidably inserted into the counterweight bar in a parallel direction.
In the present invention, it is possible to adjust a light shading rate or extent based on an overlapping state of a light transmission part and another light transmission part or a light transmission part and a non-light transmission part by horizontally moving one of two blind materials in a left direction or a light direction in which a light transmission part and a light non-transmission part having a constant width are alternately formed. A structure is simplified, and manufacturing and maintenance cost are low.
In addition, it is possible to obtain a desired light shading effect by moving a blind material with a simple operation of an operation chain without an additional structure and operation. An up and down height can be freely adjusted. The use is simple, and a reliable operation of an excellent light shading effect can be obtained. An excellent durability is obtained in the present invention.
To achieve the above object, there is provided a dual roll blind system which is able to adjust a light shading rate or extent, a dual roll blind system which comprises a winding roll which includes a roll casing rotatably supported between both side plates of a ceiling bracket; a driving winding roll which includes a moving member disposed between both side plates in parallel with the winding roll and is thread-engaged with a screw shaft rotating by means of a blind winding device of one side, a straight moving member which is provided for left and right straight movements by restricting the rotation of the moving member, and a roll casing engaged with the moving member and the straight moving member; a first blind material of which upper end is fixed at the winding roll and in which a light transmission part and a light non-transmission part having constant widths are alternately formed in a width wise direction; a second blind material of which upper end is fixed at the driving winding roll and which has a light transmission part and a light non-transmission part corresponding to the first blind material and is movable left and right; and a counterweight bar which fixes a lower end of the first blind material with a lower end of the second blind material being slidably inserted into the counterweight bar in a parallel direction.
A driven gear is engaged at one side end of the winding roll, and a driving gear is engaged at one side end of the driving winding roll, and the driven gear and the driving gear are engaged with each other via an intermediate gear and integrally rotate.
The straight moving part of the driving winding roll comprises a spline shaft which is positioned opposite to the thread shaft and has the coaxes with the thread shaft, and a running member which is slidably engaged at the spline shaft and moves straight along the thread shaft and the spline shaft as the roll casing is engaged at the running member.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in
The winding roll 10 is designed so that both ends of the cylindrical roll casing 12 are rotatably engaged at the side plates 7a and 7b of the ceiling bracket 5 with a bearing 14.
The bearing 14 comprises a rotary shaft 16a fixed at the side plates 7a and 7b, respectively, and a ring shaped rotation sleeve 16b is inserted into the rotary shaft 16a, and the both ends of the roll casing 12 are inserted into the rotation sleeve 16b. A driven gear 18 is connected with a rotation sleeve 16b of one side of the winding roll 10. The driven gear 18 rotates by means of a driving gear 32 of the driving winding roll 30 which will be described later.
An upper end of a first blind material 22 is fixed at the winding roll 10, so that a light transmission part 24a and a light non-transmission part 24b each having a constant width are alternately formed in a width wise direction. The first blind material 22 is inserted into a groove 26 longitudinally formed at the roll casing 12 of the winding roll 10 and is integrally formed at the winding roll 10 via a fixing member (not shown).
The dual roll blind system 1 according to the present invention comprises a driving winding roll 30 which is disposed between side plates 7a and 7b in parallel with the winding roll 10. The driving winding roll 30 comprises a moving member 44 which is thread-engaged with a screw shaft 42 rotating by means of the blind winding device 40 of one side, a straight moving member 50 which enables a straight left and right movement by restricting the rotation of the moving member 44, and a roll casing 52 which is engaged at the moving member 44 and the straight moving member 50.
A driving gear 32 is engaged at one side end of the driving winding roll 30. The driven gear 18 and the driving gear 32 are thread-engaged with each other via an intermediate gear 34 and integrally rotate.
As shown in
In addition, the driving winding roll 30 has a blind winding device 40 which is rotatably disposed at the side plate 7a of the ceiling bracket 5, so that a user can rotate the same.
As shown in
The blind winding device 40 is closer to an outer side of the side plate 7a via a side plate cover 7c and comprises a screw shaft 42 which is rotatably engaged at the chain wheel 48 of the winding device 40, and a moving member 44 which is thread-engaged at the screw shaft 42.
As shown in
The core 47 of the center of the screw shaft 42 is connected with the center of the chain wheel 48 via the side plate 7a and is rotatable on the side plate 7a. A screw groove 42a is formed at an outer surface of the screw shaft 42.
The nuts 44a of the moving member 44 are positioned in the screw groove 42a of the screw shaft 42, and a plurality of balls 44b are provided at the nuts 44a and rolls along the screw groove 42a. The moving member 44 has an elastic protrusion 49a at one side and is integrally inserted into the hole 49b of the roll casing 52 outwardly inserted.
The driving winding roll 30 has a straight moving member 50 which allows the moving member 44 to move straight while restricting the rotation of the moving member 44 with respect to the screw groove 42a of the screw shaft 42 at the other side of the moving member 44.
The straight moving member 50 comprises a spline shaft 54 which is coaxial with the screw shaft 42 opposite to the screw shaft 42 of the moving member, and a running member 56 which is slide-engaged at the spline shaft 54. The other side of the roll casing 52 is engaged at the running member 56.
As shown in
The running member 56 is slide-engaged on the spline shaft 54. The running member 56 integrally connects a plurality of running blocks 60 positioned at the straight groove 54a of the spline shaft 54. Here, the running blocks 60 have a plurality of balls 62 which move on the spline shaft 54 and smoothly move along the straight groove 54a of the spline shaft 54.
The running member 56 has an elastic protrusion 64a at one side and is integrally inserted into the hole 64b of the roll casing 52 which is outwardly inserted. So, one end of the roll casing 52 of the driving winding roll 30 is fixed at the moving member 44, and the other end of the same is fixed at the running member 56. The moving member 44 and the running member 56 have the same structure for providing an easier manufacture.
In the driving winding roll 30, the roll casing 52 has the same outer diameter as the roll casing 12 of the winding roll 10. When the driving winding roll 30 and the winding roll 10 rotate with the same revolutions, they have the same circumferential speed. Here, the roll casing 52 of the driving winding roll 30 has a shorter length as compared to the roll casing 12 of the winding roll 10 for the reason that the roll casing 52 of the driving winding roll 30 moves left and right in the longitudinal direction.
The upper end of the second blind material 70 is fixed at the roll casing 52 of the driving winding roll 30 like the roll casing 12 of the winding roll 10. The light transmission part 74a and the light non-transmission part 74b having the constant widths are alternately formed in a width wise direction like the first blind material 22. The upper end of the second blind material 70 is inserted into the groove 76 longitudinally formed in the roll casing 52 of the driving winding roll 30.
The upper end of the second blind material 70 is fixed at the driving winding roll 30, and the light transmission part 74a and the light non-transmission part 74b are alternately formed while corresponding to the first blind material 22.
In the driving winding roll 30, a position fixing ring 80 is engaged at a front end of the screw shaft 42, and the screw shaft 42 is coaxial with the center of the roll casing 52. In the driving winding roll 30, a position fixing ring 82 is engaged at a front end of the spline shaft 54, and the spline shaft 54 is coaxial with the center of the roll casing 52.
As shown in
The dual roll blind system 1 according to the present invention comprises a counterweight bar 90 into which the lower end of the second blind material 70 is slidably inserted in a horizontal direction with the lower end of the first blind material 22 being fixed at the counterweight bar 90.
As shown in
The length of the moving rod 94 corresponds to the roll casing 52 of the driving winding roll 30, and the diameter of the same is smaller than the inner diameter of the counterweight bar 90. In the counterweight bar 90, it moves along with the second blind material 70 connected with the roll casing 52 of the driving winding roll 30.
In the present invention, the light transmission parts 24a and 74a and the light non-transmission parts 24b and 74b having the same widths are alternately formed in the width wise directions at the first blind material 22 and the second blind material 70, respectively. The second blind material 70 fixed between the driving winding roll 30 and the moving rod 94 moves left and right with respect to the first blind material 22 fixed between the winding roll 10 and the counterweight bar 90 and allows the light transmission parts 24a and 74a and the light non-transmission parts 24b and 74b to match with each other for thereby controlling a light shading rate or extent.
So as to move the second blind material 70, a user uses the winding device 40 provided at one side of the driving winding roll 30.
When a user pulls an operation chain 46, the pulling force allows the screw shaft 42 to rotated as it is transferred to the same via the chain wheel 48. The rotational force of the screw shaft 42 allows the moving member 44, which is connected with the screw groove 42a of the screw shaft 42 via the nut 44a in which the balls 44b are positioned, and the roll casing 52, of which one side is connected with the moving member 44, to rotate together.
The other side of the roll casing 52 is connected with the running member 56, and the running member 56 is positioned in the groove 54a of the spline shaft 54 via the balls 62 of the running block 60. The running member 56 is disposed in the groove 54a of the spline shaft 54 via the balls 62 of the running block 60. The spline shaft 54 is engaged with the intermediate gear 34 and the driven gear 18 via the driving gear 32 and transfers a driving force to the winding roll 10. With the above structure, it is possible to provide a certain restriction to the rotation so that the spline shaft 54 does not rotate.
The spline shaft 54 does not rotate by means of the rotation restriction, and the running block 60 provided at the running member 56 of the straight moving part 50 moves straight along the spline shaft 54. Namely, in the blind winding device 40, as the user pulls one end of the operation chain 46, the screw shaft 42 rotates in one direction. The moving member 44 thread-engaged with the rotating screw shaft 42 moves straight along the screw shaft 42 with the help of the rotation restriction operation of the spline shaft 54. So, the roll casing 52 fixed at the moving member 44 and the running member 56 moves straight in the left and right directions along the screw shaft 42.
In this case, in the driving winding roll 30, the roll casing 52 horizontally moves along the screw shaft 42 in the left or right direction, and the second blind material 70 fixed at the roll casing 52 moves left and right while keeping closer to the first blind material 22. So, as the light transmission part 74a and the light non-transmission part 74b of the second blind material 70 fixed at the driving winding roll 36 move horizontally, the light transmission part 24a and the light non-transmission part 24b provided at the first blind material 22 fixed at the winding roll 10 are overlapped with the light transmission part 74a and the light non-transmission part 74b provided at the second blind material 70 fixed at the driving winding roll 30, so that a light shading rate or extent can be selectively adjusted.
At this time, the lower end of the second blind material 70 is connected with the moving rod 94 which is movable in a longitudinal direction at an inner side of the counterweight bar 90, so that it stably moves. As a result, the light transmission part 24a and the light non-transmission part 24b of the first blind material 22 are overlapped with the light transmission part 74a and the light non-transmission part 74b of the second blind material 70.
As shown in
When the roll casing 52 of the driving winding roll 30 does not move right, the rotational force of the roll casing 52 by means of the operation chain 46 overcomes the rotational restriction obtained by means of the driving gear 32, the intermediate gear 34 and the driven gear 18 for thereby allowing the roll casing 52 to rotate in one direction.
So, the spline shaft 54 engaged with the roll casing 52 rotates in the same direction as the roll casing 52, so that the driving gear 32 of the spline shaft 54 rotates. As the driving gear 32 rotates, the roll casing 12 of the winding roll 10 having the driven gear 18 rotates via the intermediate gear 34.
With the concurrent rotation of the driving winding roll 30 and the winding roll 10, the first blind material 22 and the second blind material 70 are concurrently wound on the driving winding roll 30 and the winding roll 10, and the heights of the same can be adjusted shorter.
As shown in
Since the roll casing 52 of the driving winding roll 30 no more moves left, the rotational force of the roll casing 52 by means of the operation chain 46 overcomes the restriction force to the rotation obtained by means of the driving gear 32, the intermediate gear 34 and the driven gear 18 for thereby allowing the roll casing 52 to rotate in the reverse direction.
So, the spline shaft 54 engaged with the roll casing 52 rotates in the same direction, and the driving gear 32 connected with the spline shaft 54 rotates, so that the driven gear 18 rotates via the intermediate gear 34, and the winding roll 10 rotates.
The concurrent rotations of the driving winding roll 30 and the winding roll 10 allow the second blind war material 70 fixed at the driving winding roll 30 and the first blind material 22 fixed at the winding roll 10 to concurrently unwind and to extend down. As the first blind material 22 and the second blind material 70 wind and unwind, the first blind material 22 and the second blind material 70 are wound on or unwound from the driving winding roll 30 and the winding roll 10, so that the upper and lower heights of the first and second blind materials 22 and 70 can be adjusted.
When the roll casing 52 of the driving winding roll 30 is at the intermediate position, not closer to the right side or not closer to the left side, the rotation of the screw shaft 42 by means of the operation chain 46 allows the roll casing 52 to move only in the left and right directions by way of the operation of the straight moving part 50. As the second blind material 70 moves left and right with respect to the first blind material 22, the light transmission part 74a and the light non-transmission part 74b of the second blind material 70 are overlapped with the light transmission part 24a and the light non-transmission part 24b of the first blind material 22 for thereby selectively adjusting the light shading rate or extent. In addition, as the first blind material 22 and the second blind material 70 wind on or unwind from the driving winding roll 30 and the winding roll 10, the upper and lower height of the first and second blind materials 22 and 70 are adjusted.
As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described examples are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.
In the present invention, it is possible to adjust a light shading rate or extent based on an overlapping state of a light transmission part and another light transmission part or a light transmission part and a non-light transmission part by horizontally moving one of two blind materials in a left direction or a light direction in which a light transmission part and a light non-transmission part having a constant width are alternately formed. A structure is simplified, and manufacturing and maintenance cost are low.
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