Abstract: In an awning, in particular a sun room awning, comprising a fabric-roll shaft for retracting and extending an awning fabric; wherein the inward end of the awning fabric is joined to the fabric-roll shaft and the outward end of the awning fabric to a drop-out bar, and the drop-out bar is run in lateral guide rails; wherein elastic pull straps act on the drop-out bar on the side opposite the awning fabric, the pull straps being deviated by a deflection pulley in the vicinity of the end of the guide rail, and reversed towards the fabric-roll shaft and wound on the fabric-roll shaft upon extension and unwinding of the awning fabric and exercising tensile stress on the drop-out bar and thus on the awning fabric; wherein unwinding the awning fabric and winding up the pull straps take place by an electric motor drive of the fabric-roll shaft, and switchgear is provided for switching off the drive of the fabric-roll shaft upon complete extension; it is provided that the switchgear acts on the drive of the fabric-roll

Abstract: In a sun room awning, comprising a rotating-drivable roll bar with an awning cloth, lateral guide rails for the awning cloth, and tensioning straps as well as tautening means for the awning cloth that engage at the front end of the awning cloth or at a drop-out rail, it is provided that the tensioning straps are designed elastic in the longitudinal direction, at least in sections, to exert tension onto the awning cloth in order to achieve a construction ensuring a taut, visually attractive fit regardless of the extended position of the awning cloth.

Abstract: In an awning having a substantially triangular awning fabric that can be wound onto a roller tube, provision is made for the roller tube to be actuated in the winding direction by a torsion spring that is disposed in a housing together with the roller tube; for the roller tube to be actuated in the pull-out direction by an electric motor that is disposed in the same housing; for a guide rail to be disposed on one end of the housing and a spacer rail to be disposed on the other end of the housing, said guide rail and spacer rail being connected in the region of their free outer ends to one another or to a window frame; for a deflection roller to be disposed in the connecting region of the spacer rail and guide rail; and for a rope or the like to be attached in the region of the triangular cloth tip and deflected via the deflection roller and guided along the guide rail to a rope sheave on the motor.

Abstract: Structure and automatic blocking mechanism for awnings comprising two parallel disposed guide profiles (1) for a carriage (2), wherein one of the cross edges of the awning material (3) is attached at the carriage (2), wherein the awning material (3) can be wound up on the winding shaft driven by a motor and disposed at the higher disposed region of the structure and comprising a blocking mechanism which operates between the carriage (2) and the guide profiles (1), wherein the outer edge (1c) of the lower flange (1a) projecting from the tube profile body (1b) of the guide profile (1) operates as a running profile for the carriage (2), wherein one or two flanges, which project vertically downward enable an attachment of supports and/or a side walls.

Abstract: In an articulated-arm awning comprising two brackets for supporting the winding shaft and articulated arms, as well as a device for adjusting the slope of the articulated arms, also side faces disposed on both sides of the winding shaft, provision is made for the side faces to be fixed on the outside of the brackets, and for each articulated arm to be connected in an articulated fashion to the inside of one side face, and for the winding shaft to be supported on the brackets.

Abstract: An arched support assembly provides bracing of a fabric awning system and arching of the fabric awning to prevent water collection and increase headroom beneath the awning. The assembly includes an elongated arch member and a brace member that also includes a compressive element, such as a gas spring, to place the assembly under compression. To install the assembly, the arch member is seated at the wall beneath the awning and the brace member is mounted to a support structure of the awning system. The arch member and brace member are engaged at a pivotable point and are raised upwardly until the brace member and the arch member are under compression in a collinear disposition at the pivotable point.

Abstract: A device for attaching a collapsible canopy having fittings to an exterior surface of a vehicle includes two elongated parallel rails mounted on the exterior surface in spaced apart parallel relation, two carriages each slidably mounted along a longitudinal axis on a respective rail, two clips each mounted on a respective carriage and arranged to cooperate with the canopy fittings and two adjustment elements each mounted along a respective rail and cooperating with respective clips and carriages. Each of the adjustment elements has an upper portion that defines a stair-shaped profile arranged to cooperate with the canopy fittings.

Abstract: In an awning having a substantially triangular awning fabric that can be wound onto a roller tube, provision is made for the roller tube to be actuated in the winding direction by a torsion spring that is disposed in a housing together with the roller tube; for the roller tube to be actuated in the pull-out direction by an electric motor that is disposed in the same housing; for a guide rail to be disposed on one end of the housing and a spacer rail to be disposed on the other end of the housing, said guide rail and spacer rail being connected in the region of their free outer ends to one another or to a window frame; for a deflection roller to be disposed in the connecting region of the spacer rail and guide rail; and for a rope or the like to be attached in the region of the triangular cloth tip and deflected via the deflection roller and guided along the guide rail to a rope sheave on the motor.

Abstract: This invention relates to a retractable and extendable awning and a control system for automatically extending and retracting the awning. In a retractable fabric awning a front of the awning fabric is attached to a movable front bar, movably mounted at the wall of a building by retractable arms. The rear of the fabric is unrolled from a roll of the fabric on the building wall when the arms move the front bar away from the building. The awning features a weather sensor unit on its front bar. The weather sensor unit can detect excessive wind and mechanical shocks and also sunlight and rain. The sensor is in wireless (via radio frequency) communication with an indoor control unit which can automatically retract the front bar during windy, rainy and/or low sunlight conditions and extend the front bar during calm and sunny conditions.

Abstract: In a joint arm awning comprising joint arms disposed on a support pipe, with an awning fabric extending between a drop-out pipe and a fabric roll which is disposed on a fabric roll shaft and with the portion of the fabric roll and the drop-out pipe being covered by a cover when the drop-out pipe is retracted, it is provided that the cover is corrugated or ribbed or serrated cross-sectionally and longitudinal grooves thus formed are substantially parallel to the support pipe.

Abstract: Disclosed is an awning assembly for a recreational vehicle. The awning assembly includes an awning that is configured to be extended from a sidewall of the recreational vehicle to provide shade. A rug is removably mounted to one edge of the awning. In use, the rug is removed from the awning and positioned on the ground below the awning to serve as a ground covering. When not being used, the rug is attached to the awning and stored with the awning in an awning housing to save space. In another embodiment, the awning assembly comprises a rug housing that is configured to be moved between a storage configuration and an extended configuration.

Abstract: The window awning assembly includes an awning and an elongate roller tube for receiving the awning with the awning being rotatably disposed around the roller tube. An elongate awning case is provided which encloses the roller tube and awning, with the roller tube being mounted for rotation within the case. The case includes a main section which is adapted for mounting to a surface and a movable lead rail. The main section and the lead rail engage one another to totally enclose the roller tube and awning when the awning is rolled onto the roller tube. At least two spaced apart support arms are attached between the lead rail and a mounting surface and a coupling system is provided for enabling the support arms to be attached to the lead rail at various positions along the lead rail in order that the lead rail and awning can extend beyond the spacing of the support arms.

Abstract: Disclosed is an awning assembly for a recreational vehicle. The awning assembly includes an awning that is configured to be extended from a sidewall of the recreational vehicle to provide shade. A rug is removably mounted to one edge of the awning. In use, the rug is removed from the awning and positioned on the ground below the awning to serve as a ground covering. When not being used, the rug is attached to the awning and stored with the awning in an awning housing to save space.

Abstract: In an awning, such as a joint-arm awning or winter-garden awning, including an awning fabric to be furled which is fixed in at least one piping groove on a drop-out pipe with a view to obtaining balanced stretching and avoiding the lateral seams from sagging, a deflection arrangement is disposed in vicinity to where the awning fabric is fixed, increasing or reducing the free length of the fabric.

Abstract: An awning has a sleeve rail acting as a multi-purpose component for a particular degree of integratability. The awning displays good horizontal and vertical rigidity and so reduces the number of components required. The awning in particular enables the number of assembly personnel at the installation site to be reduced. A shaft for the canvas helps to reduce the size of the awning even further whilst retaining the same degree of stability.

Abstract: In the described awning of variable size comprising a canvas (1, 2) which can be wound up on a shaft (3) provided with a drive, the canvas (1, 2) is fastened to the shaft (3), which has only one single drive, at a parting or folding line, and for winding up or unrolling the canvas parts (1, 2) provided by the parting or folding line, at least one tensioning rope (6, 6') is provided which engages at the canvas (1, 2) and which can be coiled up on the shaft (3) on at least one coiling pulley (5, 5') seated on the shaft.

Abstract: An extension limiter for awnings with a roller tube which co-operates with a drive, with an awning fabric and extension arms that exert a force on the awning fabric sufficient for unwinding. The extension limiter is adjustable and can be set.

Abstract: An automobile rear windshield sunshade device includes a base, a moving unit having a case pivotally supported by the base, a motor and two gears engaging with each other and rotated by the motor. Two driving arms to are moved up and down by the two gears, to extend and retract a sunshade unit having a winding roller for winding a sunshade curtain. The upper end of the curtain is connected with a strip fixed with an elongated bar, which is raised up and down by the two driving arms. The case and the driving arms can be adjusted in their angle relative to the base to adapt to the angle of the rear windshield.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sunshade anti-theft window which is composed of an anti-theft window and a rolling curtain; wherein the anti-theft window having a pivot arm installed at its bottom, the pivot arm being pivoted on bottom of window-still. The rolling curtain is installed on top of the window-still and have a rolling shaft and a sunshade curtain winded on the rolling shaft, the end of sunshade curtain being connected with top of the anti-theft window. The anti-theft window can be pushed outwardly and rotated around the pivot arm, meanwhile, the sunshade curtain will he dragged openly by the anti-theft window for shading sunlight, furthermore, the sunshade curtain can be returned to original position by means of a tension spring installed on the rolling curtain when the anti-theft is dragged inwardly.

Abstract: In an awning, for example a joint-arm awning, comprising joint arms disposed on a support pipe, the inclination of the support pipe and thus the inclination of the joint arms and/or the inclination of the joint arms relative to the support pipe being adjustable, and an awning cloth extending between a drop-out pipe and a cloth roll disposed on a cloth shaft, and the portion of the cloth roll and the drop-out pipe, in the latter's retracted condition, being covered by a rain-proof blind, it is provided, with a view to ensuring an esthetically attractive, close-lying cover protecting from rain between the rain-proof blind and the drop-out pipe, even when the angle of inclination of the joint-arms is regulated in particular by rotation of the support pipe, that the rain-proof blind is mounted pivotally and is biased by at least one spring or by gravity in a direction toward the upper side of the awning cloth in such a way that the rain-proof blind rests on the upper side of the awning cloth regardless of the adj

Abstract: A manually unrolling awning assembly includes a supporting frame (1) and an awning (2) which can be rolled up and unrolled, wherein the supporting frame (1) has a fixed rear part (3) in which the cloth (2) can be rolled up on a roller (4), and a front part (5) which can be moved relative to this fixed rear part (3), and to which the foremost edge of the cloth (2) is fixed. The fixed part includes a locking element (16) on at least one end which is mounted in a displaceable manner on the fixed end (3) of the supporting frame (1) and which can cooperate with a catch (17), when the cloth (2) is entirely rolled up and in locking position, and which is fixed to the movable front part (5), in order to lock this catch (17), so that the front part (5) of the supporting frame (1) cannot move forward and, consequently, so that the cloth (2) cannot unroll. The locking element (16) can be moved manually from the above-mentioned locking position until the locked catch (17) is free.

Abstract: Roll-up awning which is intended to be installed in an opening (3) in a wall (1) and which includes an awning case (11) with an opening (12) which, in rolled-up position of the awning (2), is closed off by a front profile (13) which is attached to the front extremity of the awning cloth (14). The awning (2) mainly is formed by an actual awning case (31) which, at the top and at the place of the outer surface of the awning case (11), is provided with one part (20) of a hinge (20-8) which can cooperate with the second part (8) of this hinge (20-8) which is provided at the top of the aforementioned opening (3) and at the place of the outer wall of the aforementioned vertical wall (1).

Abstract: An improved awning assembly for a recreational vehicle has the awning rolled around a roller tube. A lead rail is attached to an edge of the awning. Support arms are stowed and latched in the lead rail and pivot downwardly therefrom. A sliding and pivoting latch mechanism holds the lead rail in the retracted position. The support arms are attached to feet on the vehicle with a spring latch mechanism. Spring loaded rafter arms slide in a channel on the back of the lead rail and are positioned to tension the awning. The awning provides a compact and attractive assembly in the stowed position and is easily erected by one person.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a screen-rolling device, two fixing frames for mounting the screen-rolling device on the roof of a car and two support frames for mounting the screen-rolling device on the ground, wherein the screen-rolling device is designed to adjust and control stretching or rolling a canvas screen through a twisting spring set which can generate a twisting force along with the rotation of a movable tube, the fixing frames are designed to mount the screen-rolling device on the roof of a car, and the support frames are designed to mount the canvas screen of the screen-rolling device on the ground so as to form an outdoor sun shade.

Abstract: A hinged arm awning with a support frame, in which a cloth roller is rotatably mounted, with hinged arms, which are pivotably mounted in brackets, and with a deployment rod, which tensions the end of the cloth and is flexibly connected to the bottom arm of the hinged arms. The technical problem lies in increasing the deployed length while maintaining the stability of a hinged arm awning. At least one arm (top arm 4 and/or bottom arm 5) of each hinged arm (3) forms an essentially right angle with the deployment rod (7) in the unfolded position and comprises a telescopic device which is preloaded in the deployment direction.

Abstract: The invention provides a fitting section for an articulated-arm awning. The fitting section supports various securing and moving components of an awning. Fitting sections according to the invention have at least one or two grooves. A tenon block is inserted into each groove for securing the fitting section to a bearer arm, or for fixing different securing and moving components to the fitting section. The grooves have projections which cooperate with recesses in the tenon blocks. The fitting sections provided are thus small and rotationally and torsionally rigid. The fitting sections can be universally used and stiffened to various degrees.

Abstract: A retractable awning is provided to be mounted on a side of a recreational vehicle. The awning includes a canopy, a roller about which the canopy can be can be rolled or unrolled, a pair of support arms, a pair of tension rafters, and at least one latch or spring clip to retain the awning adjacent the vehicle while traveling. The support arms define a longitudinally extending channel and have a pair of flanges inwardly extending from each side wall. The support arms have one end supporting the canopy and another end contacting a supporting surface. The generally rectangularly-shaped tension rafters have one end operatively secured to the side of the recreational vehicle and another end operatively connected to an associated one of the support arms. Each of the tension rafters is sized so as to be nestable in the channel of the associated support arm.

Abstract: A sunshade arrangement includes first and second pairs of telescopically retractable spaced posts, first and second tubes respectively mounted to upper ends of the first and second pairs of posts, a reel assembly, and a screen. Each post includes a device for controlling telescopical movement.

Abstract: The invention relates to an articulated arm awning with brackets for attachment of the awning and with holders for a cloth shaft with awning cloth which can be secured on the brackets. In order to permit particularly simple installation with slope adjustment, the holders (2) can be hung in at articulated fixing means (4, 5) of the brackets (1) and possess an approximately arc-shaped interior space in which a box with cloth shaft and awning cloth can be inserted and hung in, for example.

Abstract: A galvanized and coated roll formed tube has several slideway channels formed therein. Edges of the sheet material forming the tube are folded back and interlocked in a hook arrangement to form a seam. The seam is located radially inwardly from the inner circumferential surface of the tube, preferably on a wall of one of the channels. Strengthening ridges are also formed in the tube. The tube is attached to an awning and supported at each end by poles or outriggers. The awning is also attached to a wall so as to be rollable around the tube.

Abstract: A rollaway opening closure and more particularly a fabric opening closure adapted to be stored in a reeled or rolled position and to be unrolled from the reel to close the opening. The apparatus includes a roller, a drawbar, a sheet of fabric and at least one pivoted bar link. The axis of the roller, the drawbar and the pivot of the bar link are maintained parallel as the fabric is unrolled from the roller. The drawbar and the bar link are structurally attached. The fabric is attached to the roller and the drawbar but unattached to other elements of the apparatus. A rotational biasing means biases the fabric into rolled position on the roller and causes the fabric to be maintained taught when unrolled and in closing position at an taught when unrolled and in closing position at an opening.

Abstract: A cassette-type awning comprises an awning housing (2) containing, a winding shaft (8) rotatably mounted therein and, at the wall side the joints of articulated arms (85, 86). The cassette housing (2) is substantially open on its side remote from the wall and is closed by a three-part drop rail (11) when the awning is retracted. The center part (51) of the drop rail (11) is hinged to the articulated arms (85, 86) and also serves as carrier for a top and a bottom flap (53, 55) which are pivoted in the direction towards the awning cloth (9) when the awning is extended and completely close the housing (2) when the awning is retracted in order that the articulated arms (85, 86) and the wound-up roll of awning cloth (9) will be protected from weather.

Abstract: A tape drive extendable and retractable awning assembly wherein a sprocket driven apertured tape is connected to the leading end of an awning adjacent the opposite lateral edges of the awning. The apertured tapes are guided in channel members housed in frames positioned in proximity to the lateral edges of the awning, and each frame is provided with a weather seal to prevent dirt and dust from accumulating in the guide channels and apertured tapes.

Abstract: An awning with a permanently installed housing for accommodation of an awning roll, rotatably supported on a shaft, comprising a shutter section adapted to be moved out of a run-out opening of the awning and containing the extensible end of the awning; housing side sections in which the shaft of the awning is held on each side, an actuating mechanism which is coupled to a winch engaging one end of the shaft, and at least one cover section, adapted to be swung open or removed, on the housing, the housing section opposite to the actuating mechanism comprising a mounting device in which the shaft of the awning roll can be inserted and from which it can be removed for the purpose of inserting the awning roll in and re-moving it from the housing, with the cover section opened, without removing the housing side section.

Abstract: An awning retractable by being wound onto a roller and associated with legs permitting it to be maintained in position above the area to be sheltered when unrolled. The roller (1) is hollow, and the legs (2, 3) of the awning, which are foldable so that in the folded state their length is about one-half that of the roller, are adapted to fit into the roller when the awning is rolled up. Instead of being permanently attached to a mounting wall for the awning, the roller is preferably fastened to the free edge of the awning so that it accompanies the unrolling thereof.

Abstract: A support frame for a moveable awning having horizontally spaced, cantilevered, extruded tubular frames having curved sections connected to the outer ends thereof and to the upper ends of horizontally spaced vertically extending, extruded tubular uprights. The extruded cantilevered frames, curved sections and extruded uprights all have an elliptical configuration in cross-section which are contiguous. The leading edge of the awning is connected to a trolley assembly having rollers engaging the exterior surfaces of the cantilevered frames, curved sections and uprights. By this construction and arrangement a continuous, smooth track is provided between the roof portion and wall portion to facilitate the extension of the awning and the retraction thereof to the stored position. Each curved section is of one-piece construction made of plastic and bendable when heated to obtain the proper curvature between the sloped cantilevered frames and the uprights.

Abstract: A safety device for an awning with a permanently installed housing (2) for accommodation of the awning roll (2); with a shutter section which contains the extensible end of the be secured to the housing by means of a locking mechanism, and which in its retracted position serves to close a run-out opening in the housing; and with a warning device adapted to be actuated upon the retraction of the shutter section into the housing through the mechanical cooperation of a first means provided in the shutter section and of a second means provided in the housing, where the warming device is disposed on one of said means that is displaceably mounted and where the warming device provides a visible indication that distinguishes the condition of the shutter section in which it has not yet been fully retracted into the housing and interlocked with it from the condition of accomplished interlocking, thus providing assurance that locking has actually occurred.

Abstract: Improvements for an awning in which the slope of the extension arms (5) is regulated by a connecting piece (16) of the binding of each extension arm (5) to the awning casing (4), and in which the operating handle (9) is made up of telescopic elements, and is also provided with a freely moving suspended sleeve (30) for hitching on the ingoing shaft.

Abstract: In order to provide an awning or a tent adapted for easy, removable attachment onto a caravan (1) in a sealed fashion, it is known in the art to form the canvas of the awning with a beading along one edge thereof formed with a casing (19) enclosing a beading core (12) and by providing the caravan with a fixed, stationary, hollow profile (2) with a narrow, longitudinal slit so that the beading may be introduced from the end of the hollow profile (2).In order to avoid the requirement of the attachment onto the caravan of fittings with anchoring eyelets for the tent ridge poles, the invention provides a method for attaching an anchoring bracket onto the canvas of the awning adjacent the beading edge so that the hollow profile is, in fact, used to support the poles (5).

Abstract: A heat insulating covering is provided for a cooling shelf unit having a lower goods member, a plurality of intermediate shelf members vertically spaced from the lower goods member and from one another, and an upper cover part. The covering has a blind web adapted to cover a cooling space of the cooling shelf unit between a front edge of the cover part and a parallel front edge of the goods member over a whole horizontal length of the cooling shelf unit, a shade axle adapted to extend over the whole horizontal length of the cooling shelf unit, a lower stabilizing rail, a drive motor connected with the blind axle of the blind web and operative both in a closing direction and in an opening direction of the blind web, spring biased turning arms supporting the stabilizing rail of the blind web and having hinges located between the shade axle and the parallel front edge of the goods member.

Abstract: A mechanism is disclosed for assisting an operator of a retractable awning in lifting the awning to a desired elevation. The mechanism includes a pair of back-to-back gas spring units which are operatively connected to relatively sliding telescoping members of a support arm for the awning to bias the support arm outwardly in a direction to assist in lifting the awning into a desired orientation. In one embodiment of the mechanism, a compression spring is provided in axial alignment with the gas spring units to provide an elongated stroke for additional assistance in attaining abnormal elevation of the awning.

Abstract: An arrangement of an adjustable tilt limiter with or without recoil lock within a mounting tube (2) for awnings, preferably for ones with tilt adjustment, has the tilt limiter mechanism (6) integrated within the mounting tube (2). A mounting cradle (4) is provided for supporting the tilt limiter which cradle is open on one side and is closed to the rear by a mounting plate (3). Bearing blocks act as pivot supports for an adjusting mechanism (6) for the tilt limiter (11). The mounting tube (2) has sections which join respective sides of the mounting cradle via short connection pieces (7) on the cradle which are telescopically connected to the respective mounting tube sections.

Abstract: A device has at least two longitudinal uprights (1, 2) each of which is made up of a series of juxtaposed aligned discrete sections of a given section member through which a throughway longitudinal cavity and grooves parallel to the cavity are defined. An elongate connecting device extends through the cavities of the sections and maintains them in alignment and assembled to one another. These uprights (1, 2) support transverse members (41) of an intermediate structure (30), the transverse members being engaged in the grooves of the sections. Fixing devices slidable in the grooves of the sections fix the transverse members (41) in position. Each upright may have rectilinear parts interconnected by at least one curvilinear part. The rectilinear parts consist of a single section of the section member while the curvilinear parts consist of a plurality of small sections (10a) of the section member having end faces that are convergent toward the center of radius of the desired curve.

Abstract: A roller blind assembly in which the blind roller (10, 12, 14) is turnable, preferably by a motor, to raise and lower the blind along a track (28). To reduce friction and prevent jamming due to dirt or debris on the track, the lower end of the blind is linked (32) to an inertia device (30) preferably in the form of a tubular roller having a relatively high amount of inertia and mounted for rotation with guide wheels (34) at each end of the roller running in parallel tracks 28). The angular momentum developed by the roller (30) assists in drawing the blind over obstructions in the track (28) and is additional to any gravitational effects.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an awning deployment apparatus for deploying an awning over a curved surface between two substantially rectilinear surfaces while maintaining the cover taut. The cover is stowed on a motor operated roller and translated along guide tracks by the motor while maintaining tautness at all times by the stored energy of at least two wound clock like springs. The awning can be extended to any position along the guide traces.

Abstract: Awning with a canopy consisting of several strips (18) extending in the direction of extension which are rolled up on one and the same canopy roller.The longitudinal edges of the strips (418, 518, 618) can overlap one another, and the strips (418, 518) can be attached on the canopy roller (13, 113), offset with respect to one another in the circumferential direction thereof, while being connectible to one another along their longitudinal edges by the use of a fastening device such as a bristle trim or the like (23, 24), or with the edges adjacent each other without overlapping, whereby the edges can be released or separated by the application of wind pressure.

Abstract: A roll bar lock mechanism for use in a retractable awning of the type having a roll bar about which an awning canopy can be rolled includes an eccentric lock element mounted within the roll bar and pivotally moveable between two locking positions which are arcuately displaced less than 90.degree. so that the lock element is easily operated from a remote location convenient to the user of the awning.

Abstract: A collapsible structure adapted to be mounted on a supporting base such as a motor vehicle. The collapsible structure includes a roller journalled on a supporting structure and to which one end of a flexible roof panel is secured for rolling and unrolling. A supporting structure including a frame comprising a pair of transversely spaced tracks provide a guide for supporting guide members carried at the ends of the roof panel for assisting in its rolling and unrolling operation.

Abstract: The drive mechanism is used for movable cloth awnings employed as protective sunscreens and is mounted on a tubular roll-up shaft (1). In coaxial alignment with the roll-up shaft (1) is a drive shaft (2), and the two are mechanically coupled together. At each end there is a draw-cord plate (pulley) (7) in which the draw cord (9) is wound. Furthermore, at each side there is a guide track (11) with a configuration symmetrically matched to that of an open channel (14) on each side for a roller carriage (15), as well as a closed guide chamber (16) in which the draw cord (9) is forcibly retained. End support plates (3) engages medially with the profile of the guide track (11) and is provided with a mounting (4) which serves as a motor bearing, while the draw-cord plate (7) is rotatably mounted over the mounting (4) and the motor head (5).

Abstract: An awning has a flexible awning panel having generally parallel upper and lower edges, an elongated winder secured to the upper edge and extending along and rotatable about a longitudinally extending winder axis, and a stabilizer bar secured to the lower edge. Respective longitudinally spaced hinged arms have outer ends secured to the stabilizer bar and inner ends. At least one mounting bracket adapted to be secured to a wall or ceiling surface is formed with two transversely spaced and longitudinally extending bracket pivots. At least one respective support engaged around the winder to support same is formed with a plurality of transversely spaced and longitudinally extending support pivots. Two links each having one end pivoted on the bracket at a respective one of the bracket pivots and another end pivoted on the support at a respective one of the support pivots form two opposite sides of a parallelogrammatic-type linkage and the support and bracket forming the other two opposite sides thereof.