Apparatus for assembling slatted venetian blinds

In a unit for guiding and supporting assembled venetian blind slats and forming part of a machine for assembling consecutive venetian blind slats in a ladder cord or the like, said unit comprising:

• means for guiding and holding the slats in position during and after their assembly,
• means, positioned in partial overlap with a path of advance of an assembled slat, for supporting the assembled slat and comprising an operational part having an inclined surface for engaging the assembled slat and an abutment surface situated above said inclined surface for abuttingly engaging with and supporting said assembled slat, and
• means for resiliently holding said operational part in the overlapping position and returning it thereto after said abutment surface abuttingly engages with and is forced aside by the assembled slat, wherein said holding means is comprised of two resilient arms each of which is affixed at one of its ends to said operational part and at the other end to a fixing member that holds these other ends in a substantially fixed position.

A slat supporting member for use in a venetian blind assembling machine comprising:

• means for guiding and holding a slat in position during and after its assembly,
• means positioned in partial overlap with a path of advance of an assembled slat, for supporting said assembled slat and comprising an operational part having an inclined surface for engaging the assembled slat and an abutment surface situated above said inclined surface for abuttingly engaging with and supporting said assembled slat, and
• means for resiliently holding said operational part in the overlapping position and returning it thereto after said abutment surface abuttingly engages with and is forced aside by the assembled slat, wherein said holding means is comprised of two resilient arms each of which is affixed at one of its ends to said operational part and at the other end to a member that holds these other ends in a substantially fixed position.