Covering device
AssigneeMercedes-Benz AG
InventorsWolfgang Fussnegger, Meinrad Vollmer
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Abstract
A covering device, such as is used in particular for covering passenger car loading spaces, consists of a web of a blind and hoops guided on both sides of the web in a guide running in the longitudinal direction. In order to reduce the construction space required when the covering device is open, the web of the blind is rolled up on a take-up rod, from which it can be drawn off counter to the effect of springs. Using a mechanical coupling, the hoops bearing the web of the blind are drawn successively from the waiting or open position, together with the web of the blind. The web of the blind is firmly connected only to the first hoop when viewed from the pulling-out side of the web, and rests loosely upon the other hoops.
Claims5
A covering device comprising:
- a blind with a flexible web;
- a plurality of hoops, having end sides, supporting said web, said web having a free end attached to a first of said plurality of hoops;
- guide rails, having end faces, arranged in a longitudinal direction on both sides of said web and having stops mounted on the end faces of the guide rails, said plurality of hoops being displaceably mounted on the guide rails;
- means for successively drawing said plurality of hoops together with said web of the blind from an open position;
- wherein said web is freely movable relative to the other of said plurality of hoops and rests loosely upon them, said other hoops being longitudinally offset relative to the first hoop;
- wherein the web can be rolled up onto a take-up rod arranged at one end of the guide rails, said take-up rod being rotatably mounted and prestressed by spring force in a rolling-up mechanism for the web;
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- wherein said means for successively drawing said plurality of hoops are formed by a mechanical coupling of the hoops, separate from the web, that can be pushed together, and wherein said mechanical coupling couples the plurality of hoops on their end sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.