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US 9,732,553 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.
Claims23
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 operable tilt mechanism configured to adjust the tilt angle of the respective plurality of louvers;
- and
- a control shaft for operating the tilt mechanisms;
- wherein:
- the control shaft is configured to drive simultaneously the respective tilt mechanisms of all of the plurality of shutter panels;
- and
- the respective tilt mechanism of at least one shutter panel of the plurality of shutter panels is operable independently of the control shaft by disengaging the tilt mechanism from the control shaft.
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A shutter assembly comprising:
- a plurality of shutter panels arranged side-by-side, each shutter panel including a plurality of louvers and a tilt mechanism configured to adjust the tilt angle of the plurality of louvers;
- and
- a control shaft for operating the tilt mechanisms of the plurality of shutter panels;
- wherein:
- the control shaft is configured to drive simultaneously the tilt mechanisms of all of the plurality of shutter panels;
- and
- a shutter panel of the plurality of shutter panels is pivotable out of a plane defined by other shutter panels of the plurality of shutter panels to disengage the tilt mechanism of the at least one shutter panel from the control shaft.
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A shutter assembly comprising:
- a plurality of shutter panels arranged side-by-side, each shutter panel including a plurality of louvers and a tilt mechanism arranged to adjust the tilt angle of the plurality of louvers;
- and
- a control shaft for operating the tilt mechanisms;
- wherein:
- the control shaft is arranged to simultaneously drive each tilt mechanism of each plurality of shutter panels;
- the tilt mechanism of at least one shutter panel of the plurality of shutter panels is operable independently of the control shaft;
- the at least one shutter panel is pivotable between a closed position and an open position;
- and
- when the at least one shutter panel is in a position pivoted from the closed position, the tilt mechanism of the at least one shutter panel is pivoted away from the control shaft to disengage the tilt mechanism of the at least one shutter panel from the control shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.