# US 5,699,847 A · Motorized roll-up device for venetian blinds

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- Number: US 5,699,847 A
- Document ID: US5699847A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/662,455
- Filed: 1996-06-13
- Granted: 1997-12-23
- Earliest claimed: 1995-06-21
- Assignees: Somfy SAS
- Inventors: Jean De Chevron Villette; Jean-Michel Perache; Eric Lagarde
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5699847A

## CPC

- E06B 9/88: for limiting unrolling
- E06B 9/308: with coaxial tilting bar and raising shaft
- E06B 9/322: Details of operating devices, e.g. pulleys, brakes, spring drums, drives ({operating devices E06B9/68} ; devices of general interest specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B65H75/34)
- E06B 2009/6854: {sensing torque}
- E06B 2009/6881: {Mechanical counters}
- Y10S 160/17: Venetian blinds, motor driven
- E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

Motorized device (2) for rolling up cords or tapes (13, 15) of Venetian or folded blinds, equipped with an automatic stopping device detecting a blockage of the motor. This automatic stopping device consists of a screw (6) carrying a traveling nut (7) rotationally retained in a tubular housing (9). Stoppage of the motor is caused by the detection of a blockage of the motor by the travelling nut (7) rotationally retained in a tubular housing (9). Stoppage of the motor is caused by the detection of a blockage of the motor by the travelling nut (7), or the blind, coming up against the casing. The bottom stopping point is adjusted by unblocking the cage (9) and rotationally driving it.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Venetian or folded blind cord or tape roll-up device having a casing (1), an electric motor (2) mounted within said casing, two cord or tape roll-up drums (12, 14) mounted within said casing, at least one output shaft (3, 4, 11) connected to said motor and said two roll-up drums to drive said two roll-up drums, control means (20) connected to said motor to sense a blockage of said motor and to stop said motor from rotating said at least one output shaft, said roll-up device further comprising a cylindrical cage (9) mounted in said casing,
said at least one output shaft having a cylindrical cage output shaft (4, 11) rotatably mounted within said cylindrical cage,
a screw member (6) attached to said cylindrical cage output shaft (4, 11) to rotate with said cylindrical cage output shaft,
an axially traveling stop member (7), attached to said screw member to move axially on said screw member,
internal cage means (8) connected to said axially traveling stop member to prevent said axially traveling stop member from rotating relative to said cage and to axially move said axially traveling stop member on said screw member when said cylindrical cage and said screw member are rotated relative to each other,
blocking means (17, 21) connected to said casing to selectively allow said cylindrical cage to rotate relative to said casing and to prevent rotation of said cylindrical cage relative to said casing,
first stop means connected to said cylindrical cage to selectively stop the axial travel of said axially traveling stop member on said screw member to cause a first blockage of said motor when said blind is in a first selected position, and
a second stop means to cause a second blockage of said motor when said blind is in a second selected position.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The roll-up device of claim 1 wherein said internal cage means is a longitudinal groove defined by an internal wall of said cylindrical cage,
said axially traveling stop member is a nut member,
said first stop means is to position said blind in a selected unrolled position and said second stop means is to position said blind in a selected rolled-up position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The roll-up device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blocking means is a helical toothing (16) formed on said cylindrical cage and a transverse meshing screw (17) meshing with said helical toothing wherein rotation of said meshing screw rotates said cylindrical cage to adjust positioning of said traveling stop member (7) on said screw member (6).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The roll-up device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blocking means is a set screw (21) extending radially relative to the cage, the cage being rotated by loosening said set screw and unblocking the cage and rotationally driving said cage by the motor.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The roll-up device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cage has an end bottom wall and said first stop means being said end bottom wall.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The roll-up device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cage has an end bottom wall and said first stop means being said end bottom wall.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The roll-up device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cage has an end bottom wall and said first stop means being said end bottom wall.