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US 10,465,438 B2Granted
Shutter assembly
AssigneeHunter Douglas Industries BV
InventorKen Rotchell
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Abstract
A shutter assembly including a plurality of shutter panels arranged side-by-side. Each shutter panel has a respective plurality of louvers and a respective operable tilt mechanism configured to adjust the tilt angle of the respective plurality of louvers. A control shaft operates the tilt mechanisms. The control shaft is configured to drive simultaneously the respective tilt mechanisms of all of the plurality of shutter panels.
Claims9
A shutter assembly comprising:
- a plurality of shutter panels arranged side-by-side, each shutter panel including a respective plurality of louvers and a respective tilt mechanism configured to adjust a tilt angle of said respective plurality of louvers, said respective tilt mechanism comprising one of a plurality of tilt mechanisms provided in operative association with said plurality of shutter panels;
- a control shaft for operating each of said plurality of tilt mechanisms;
- and
- a plurality of respective clutches, each respective clutch of said plurality of respective clutches operatively coupled between said control shaft and a corresponding tilt mechanism of said plurality of tilt mechanisms;
- wherein:
- said control shaft is configured to simultaneously drive said plurality of tilt mechanisms;
- and
- each said respective clutch of said plurality of respective clutches is configured to allow relative slip between said control shaft and said corresponding tilt mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.