Pulley-driven automated window or door system

A device comprising:

• a frame and a slidable segment that is slidably mounted within the frame;
• a first motor coupled to a first vertical member of the frame;
• a first pulley wheel driven by the first motor;
• the first pulley wheel further comprising a shaft with a first gear;
• a gear box comprising a motor release mechanism, the first gear and a second gear driven by the first motor;
• wherein the first gear is configured to interface with the second gear, engaging the first gear with the second gear in a first state, thus rotating the shaft;
• a second pulley wheel attached to a second vertical member of the frame;
• a first linear flexible material, wherein the first linear flexible material forms a continuous belt that wraps around the first pulley wheel and the second pulley wheel, and wherein the first linear flexible material is attached in at least one location to a horizontal member of the slidable segment;
• wherein driving the first pulley wheel in a first direction causes the first pulley wheel to pull on the linear flexible material such that the slidable segment slides towards the first vertical member;
• wherein driving the first pulley wheel in a second direction causes the first pulley wheel to pull on the linear flexible material such that the slidable segment slides towards the second vertical member;
• a power source, providing power to the first motor;
• a controller adapted to receive at least one signal to operate the first motor;
• and
• wherein a deactivate signal from the controller causes the motor release mechanism to disengage the first gear from the second gear in a second state, thus releasing the first pulley wheel from the first slidable segment, thereby allowing the slidable segment to be moved by a user.