Tension device
OwnerNorbert Maroccoinventor
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Abstract
A spring loaded tensioning device for tensioning a flexible blind control element loop to be secured in position on a building, and having a housing shell; a hinged door on the housing shell operable between an open position for insertion of the control element and a closed position, a moveable lock in the housing shell, moveable between a locking position in which it clamps onto the element, and a released position in which the lock is free of the control element; and, a spring urging the lock to clamp onto the control element.
Claims12
A spring loaded tensioning device for tensioning a flexible blind control element loop to be secured in position on a building, and comprising;
- a housing shell;
- a moveable door portion on said housing shell, said door portion being operable between an open position for insertion of the flexible control element loop into said housing shell and a closed position for securing the flexible control element loop in said housing shell;
- a moveable lock in the housing shell, moveable between a locking position in which it clamps onto said flexible blind control element loop, and a released position in which said lock is free of said flexible blind control element loop;
- and,
- a spring urging said lock to clamp onto the flexible blind control element loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.