Abstract: A multi-curtain assembly includes: first and second curtain segments, each having a leading edge and side edge; an edge fastener having first and second fastener portions proximate the side edge of the first and second curtain segments, respectively, the first fastener portion of the first curtain segment being connectable to the second fastener portion of the second curtain segment to produce a seam as the curtain segments are moved to their closed positions; a motor driving one or more of the barrel assemblies; a synchronizing mechanism synchronizing the barrel assemblies. An overlap fastener, arranged proximate edges of the curtain segments in an overlap region, has aligning portions that align as the side edges are brought into alignment by the edge fastener, to mask at least one side of the fastener seam as the fastener portions are connected to each other.

Abstract: A vehicle display device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a display that displays, as an image, functions for various pieces of vehicle operation information, a knob that is electrically interlocked with the display and selectively operates a corresponding function of the display according to left-right movement thereof, a guide rail that provides a movement path of the knob and divides a plurality of functional areas interlocked with the functions displayed on the display, and a guide part in which magnets having different polarities are alternately arranged in a lengthwise direction of the guide rail to automatically guide a location of the knob.

Abstract: The collapsible pet pen comprises a screen that may be deployed from within a cannister container and supported by a plurality of support poles. The cannister container and the screen may form a portable fence to confine a pet. Each of the plurality of support poles may comprise a pole body and a pole base. The pole base may be a ground base comprising a stake to push into the ground or a deck base that may be coupled to a deck or other flat surface. The cannister container and the leading edge of the screen may couple to a wall of a building using one or more wall coupler strips. The screen and the plurality of pole may couple to each other via a plurality of screen support fasteners dispersed at equal intervals along the screen and pole support fasteners found on each pole body.

Abstract: A side-load, hung window assembly can include a sash guide attached to the window sash and extending into a space between the window sash and the jamb channel. The sash guide can include a recess at an outer end to provide clearance for the sash guide to pass over the uncurled end portion of the curl spring and the mounting device. In addition, an aesthetic cover can be disposed over the mounting device. Alternatively or in addition, a spring cover can be disposed over the uncurled end portion of the curl spring and the mounting device.

Abstract: This high speed door (1), for closing or opening an opening made in a wall, comprises a bearing structure (3, 4) to which are attached a flexible curtain (2) and a drive system (5) enabling the curtain (2) to be moved from a closed position into an open position in which the curtain (2) is concertina-folded into the top of the opening. According to the invention, the bearing structure (3, 4) comprises two U-shaped vertical uprights (3) comprising a web (9) and two flanges (10) between which the curtain (2) is folded, each upright (3) being formed of at least one one-piece section piece (6) incorporating at least one cavity (7) oriented in the longitudinal direction of the section piece (6).

Abstract: A window protection apparatus on a working machine features a reel rotatably supported at an exterior of the operator cabin in a position proximate a top end of the window for rotation about a horizontal axis and a flexible window covering wound on the reel such that rotation of the reel in a first direction deploys a free end of the window covering from the reel, and rotation of the reel in an opposite second direction retracts the free end of the window covering back toward said reel. A retaining member is mounted at the exterior of the operator cabin in a position proximate a bottom end of the window, and a retaining element is attached to the window covering proximate the free end thereof for engagement with the retaining member to secure the window covering in a closed position spanning downwardly from the reel over the window.

Abstract: A roller shutter for an opening leaf of a building, includes a retractable shut-off panel that moves between retracted and deployed positions, and a guide to selectively guide the panel a path between the retracted position and a deployed position in a first plane, and another path is a path between the retracted position and a deployed position in a second plane parallel to said first plane. The guide selectively switches movement of between said first path and said second path. A deployment-switching stop guides the shut-off panel along the second path when the shut-off panel is in contact with the deployment switching stop and the shaft is driven in a direction of rotation for deployment.

Abstract: A window shade assembly for a window includes a first member, a second member, a film, and an actuating device. The second member is disposed apart from the first member. The film has a first end coupled to the first member, a second opposed end coupled to the second member, an opaque portion, and a transparent portion. The actuating device is coupled to the first member or the second member for moving the first member or the second member to move the film between the first and the second members.

Abstract: A vehicle awning framework comprises a base stand (1), above which a pair of driving axles (2) is parallelly arranged from the front to the rear. A pair of driving axle supports (3) is sleeved on each driving axle(2). Two shaft gears(4) are sleeved respectively at the two ends of said driving axle(2), and respectively fixedly connected with a driving axle supports(3). The two ends of the driving axle (2) are respectively fixedly connected with a gear connection connectors (5) through which a laterally-turning axle (6) rotated around the gear connecting connectors (5) is arranged .The laterally-turning axle (6) rotates around itself when it turns outward, so that laterally-turning shafts (8) on the laterally-turning axle (6) are spread to the left and right sides, and the awning can be closed and folded entirely along with the turning of the laterally-turning shafts (8). Therefore the vehicle awning framework can be operated automatically and easily.

Abstract: A multi-section screen system includes a first of the flexible sheets of screen material that has zipper teeth along at least one side edge and a neighboring second flexible sheet of screen material that has mating zipper teeth along an abutting side edge. Mechanisms retract and deploy each of the flexible sheets in unison. A fastener is fixedly disposed between each two of the mechanisms. The fasteners automatically join the zipper teeth with the mating zipper teeth as the mechanisms deploy the flexible sheets and the fasteners automatically disengaging the zipper teeth from the mating zipper teeth as the mechanisms retract the flexible sheets.

Abstract: A device for darkening a cabin window, with a drive shaft (11) for moving a first shading member (6), which is guided in two guide rails (3, 4), for to and fro movement, wherein the drive shaft (11) and the guide rails (3, 4) are combined in a common mounting unit.

Abstract: A sealed blind for a double window is provided. A double window is installed in a frame formed by upper, lower and side frames in which an inner glass plate and an outer glass plate are installed spaced apart by a predetermined interval. A blind is installed inside the double window. An elevating shaft is connected to the blind and is configured to wind and unwind the blind. A sealed rotating unit is configured to rotate the elevating shaft. A first side of the rotating unit is installed in the elevating shaft and a second side of the rotating unit is disposed at an outer side of the side frame of the double window, such that outside air and dust are not introduced. An elevating wire is wound around the rotating unit and is configured to operate the rotating unit.

Abstract: A device for fitting to a window or other glazing panel comprises first and second parallel rollers disposed at spaced apart positions on opposite sides of the device and an elongate substrate sheet extending between the rollers, the substrate sheet being provided at its upper end with a series of spatially separated optical elements arranged to reflect incident sunlight upwardly. The lower end of the substrate is free of elements and is preferably formed of a material which controls the amount of long wave infra-red radiation leaving the room in which the window is provided. The position of the ends of the substrate can be varied by turning the rollers to variably control the solar energy entering a building and to control the amount heat exiting the room. The device may also provide a sealed air gap across the window to act as a thermal barrier.

Abstract: A universal external door/window sun-shading integration system for building includes a door/window frame (1), a door leaf/window sash (2), a screen window (3), a roller shutter (4), a ventilator (5), a concealed theft-proof device (6) and a controlling system, in which, the ventilator (5) is mounted in the door/window frame (1), the concealed theft-proof device (6) is provided at the outer side of the door/window frame (1), and the screen window (3), the roller shutter (4) and the ventilator (5) are controlled by the indoor controlling system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a roller blind having at least four layers. The outer layers form one sheet and the inner layers form one sheet. A cylindrical body is provided in the inner sheet. The outer sheet has a bending stiffness which is such that, at least at the location of the cylindrical body between the layers of the outer sheet and the layers of the inner sheet, a distance is maintained. The invention furthermore relates to an assembly of a roller blind according to the invention and a double glazing unit.

Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided with a panorama screen, a pull-out roller blind, more preferably sun roller blind, for covering said screen and at least one support member for supporting the at least partially pulled-out roller blind against the screen. The support member relative to the pull-out roller blind is moveably guided on the screen.

Abstract: A door with a moveable window sash and a method of operating the same. The door includes vertical jambs with vertical channels. A window sash is movable in the vertical channels. A retractable screen assembly is attached to the door. The retractable screen assembly includes a roller, a flexible screen attached at a first end to the roller and at a second end to the movable window sash, and a biasing mechanism adapted to apply a continuous torque to the roller. The torque generates a positioning force on the window sash equal to at least 50% of the force of gravity acting on a window sash, such that the window sash can be positioned at an infinite number of locations along the vertical channels.

Abstract: A building having windows and a window arrangement to aid in the reduction of unwanted air movement in or out of windows or even doors. The window arrangement is configured to be combined with louvered or jalousie windows to minimize the flow of air from one side of the louvered or jalousie windows to the other side.

Abstract: A window assembly that includes a motorized window shade mechanism. The window assembly includes two reversible motors that are disposed in, and at the top of, the window assembly. The window assembly further includes an opaque shade and a translucent shade. Each shade is independently raised and lowered with the motors by a separate gear and belt system positioned at the sidewalls of the window assembly, which are coupled to each other by rotatable shafts journalled into the bottom of the window. Each gear and belt system is driven by one of the reversible motors.

Abstract: System for operating a plain blind within a glass-enclosed chamber having a first end fixed to a blind-roller by means of devices that pull on said blind-roller and on the second end of the blind.

Abstract: A window blind for motor vehicle doors including a winding shaft arranged underneath the window's lower edge is provided. One edge of the blind sheet is fastened to the winding shaft and its other edge is attached to a pull bar. The pull bar is connected to at least one support rod that is arranged approximately at a right angle to the pull bar and projects into the body of the door. The support rod is guided in the door body and it is provided at its inner end with a dog. The dog is designed to cooperate with a dog driven by the window lifter, so that the window blind is also opened semiautomatically when the window is opened.

Abstract: A combination garage door and roll-up curtain system that allows a flexible curtain to be lowered when the garage door is in a raised position. The system preferably comprises an automated garage door assembly wherein the drive mechanism is mounted to a bracket mounted in turn to the inside wall above the garage opening upper margin. The system preferably further comprises an automated roll-up curtain assembly having a rotatable rod mounted above the garage opening upper margin between the bracket and the inside wall. The rotatable rod has a flexible curtain wound thereabout wherein the first end of the curtain is affixed to the rod and the second end of the curtain is secured along its lateral margins within tracks mounted adjacent the garage opening lateral margins. The second end of the curtain preferably has a weighted member attached thereto to urge the curtain toward the garage opening lower margin and to keep the curtain taut.

Abstract: A plastic door jamb member, for forming a portion of a door jamb, the plastic member having a recess for receiving a wooden doorjamb portion and; an interlocking attachment recess for interconnection with a metal reinforcement plate, so that the plastic door jamb member may be interengaged with a wooden door jamb portion, and further interengaged with a metal reinforcement plate, and installed in position as a combination door jamb assembly.

Abstract: An adjustable light-receiving window assembly includes a window and a window covering device. The window includes a window frame and at least two light-transmittable panes mounted on the window frame to define a compartment with an opening in communication with outside. The window covering device includes a light-shielding member extending into the compartment via the opening. The window covering device further includes an operative member operable to move the light-shielding member between an extended state and a folded state for selectively blocking light transmitted through the light-transmittable panes. In another example, the operative member is replaced with a controllable motor.

Abstract: An actuating mechanism (10) is taught that is used for externally operating a mini-blind (20) or a shade (20?) in a sealed double glazed window (22) which includes a window frame (24) with a side opening (26) and a roll box (28) in alignment with the side opening. A blind actuator (34) incorporates a rotatably sealed pulley shaft (38) that interfaces with the roll box on an interior end (40) and a belt pulley (66) on an exterior end (42). The actuator is sealed to the window frame with an O-ring (48) and rotation of the belt pulley causes the blinds to raise, lower and tilt. When the actuator is slideably removed from the window frame the mini-blind cord roll box may be extricated for replacement or repair.

Abstract: A roller blind device including a fabric, which can be wound on a rotationally drivable fabric shaft that is mounted on a frame, and including a pull rod that is placed on the free edge of the fabric. Prior art roller blind devices reduce the window surface area. The aim of the invention is to further develop a prior art roller blind device in order to obtain a simple, inexpensive and compact design that reduces the incidence of light only minimally. To this end, the invention provides that a cord reel is connected to the fabric shaft in a rotationally fixed manner while being coaxial to said fabric shaft and located in the extension thereof, and the free end of the cord that can be wound on the reel is connected to the pull rod via a cord diverter. When the fabric is pulled from the fabric shaft, the cord is wound on the cord reel and vice versa. A spring device is provided over the course of the cord in order to adapt the cord to the varying winding state of the fabric shaft and cord reel.

Abstract: The Invention is a window blind with an integral, adjustable light shelf to control the entry of light into a room through a window. The blind may be a roller blind or any other suitable blind and controls entry of light through a lower portion of the window. The light shelf controls entry of light through an upper portion of the window and may be adjusted to reflect incident sunlight onto the ceiling of the room to provide indirect lighting to the room. The light shelf may be adjusted to substantially or partially exclude light from the room.

Abstract: The screening arrangement is meant for screening of a window which is built into a roof surface and comprises a flexible screening body with a bottom bar in connection with the free end of the bar. A top casing for the screening arrangement is placed at the top frame or sash member of the window and comprises a reception means, such as a roller. The screening arrangement comprises at least on rotatable connection which permits a displacement of the screening body to a position in which it forms an angle with the roof surface and is positioned within the end wall of the top casing. The reception means is situated essentially in the plane of the screening, the top casing having such a form that it follows the form of the window at the top frame or sash member.

Abstract: A nested multiple panel track system supporting a desired window covering provides for a window covering assembly capable of holding even an extremely heavy window covering, and providing an efficient operation therefor.

Abstract: A physical barrier system for barring entry for a vehicle having a clearance height through a door opening having a roll-up door has a physical barrier positionable in a first position visible to a driver of the vehicle and at least partially barring passage by the vehicle through the door opening, and in a second position not barring passage by the vehicle through the door opening, and a mechanism for moving the physical barrier from the first position to the second position. The system is characterized in that the mechanism for moving the physical barrier is initiated at a point at which the roll-up door has attained a height equal to or greater than the clearance height of the vehicle.

Abstract: A retractable garage screen that can be installed inside a garage at a garage door opening where an existing overhead garage door is already installed without interfering with the operation of the existing garage door. The present invention installs just above an existing overhead garage door and employs some of the same hardware used in installing an overhead garage door. The screen door of the present invention is provided with a center zipper that allows the garage screen door to be retracted around the existing sectional door mechanism and also serves as a door for passing through the screen door when the screen door is in use.

Abstract: A shade assembly for shading a window opening comprising a double pane formed of two panes of transparent material disposed substantially parallel with a space therebetween, a light blocking member deployable within the space, a storage unit for stowing the light blocking member when retracted, and a drive mechanism for deploying and retracting light blocking member. Also claimed is a method of shading a window opening in a motor vehicle with the described shade assembly.

Abstract: A rolled screen for a screen opening which may be part of a casement window frame unwinds to close the screen opening. The extended lateral edges of said screen pass through lateral slots and the screen is shaped or treated to prevent the movement of edges inwardly through the slots.

Abstract: A roller screen housing for a folding window is formed as a single metal extrusion having a track portion (13) of inverted U-shaped section and a roller housing portion (23) of C-shaped section connected at the back thereof to a web of the track section. The track (13) is adapted to suspend window panels (18), and the roller housing houses a screen roller (21).

Abstract: The invention involves an insulating glass arrangement with at least one area between the panes, sealed up by glass panes (1, 1′) and an edge layer connection (2), and with a foil shade located in the area between the panes consisting of a sun-blocking foil the end (40) of which is attached to one of the sides of the glass panes (1, 1′) to be covered and which rolls up to a winding (41) on a movable winding shaft (3) or rolls out to a flat surface (42). It also consists of a winding drive unit for transmitting a torque to the winding shaft and of a lateral guide mechanism (5a, 5b) for guiding a bearing system of the winding shaft (3) along a linear path (S), and of a shade drive unit for actuating the foil shade. According to the invention, an internal linear guide mechanism (6a, 6b) is provided for aligning the winding shaft (3) at a right angle to the linear path (S).

Abstract: A windup window shade has a windup shaft and a window shade web fastened on it. The window shade web is provided with a traction rod, which is moved at both ends by means of drive members along the guide rails. A compensating device is provided to compensate assembly tolerances or shape tolerances, which assures that too great tensions extending parallel with the windup shaft do not occur in the window shade web, which would lead to obliquely extending waves in the extended window shade web.

Abstract: In an insulating glass window comprising two spaced glass panels which are sealingly joined at their circumference to form a sealed space in which a roller blind device is enclosed, the roller blind device includes a windup drum with a blind wound thereon and having a free end connected to a pull rod, and pull members are arranged at opposite ends of the drum and the pull rod is connected to the pull members. The pull members are operatively connected to a shaft on which the windup drum is rotatably supported for synchronous movement of the pull members and an electric motor is provided for rotating the shaft and the pull members, the windup drum being rotationally connected to the shaft by way of a rotational torsion spring structure.

Abstract: An actuation assembly for double-glazing units with a frame with two glazed panes that form a hermetic air space accommodating shutters movable to be gathered or rolled-up, which comprises rotary motion speed varying elements, with a first rotor, with a magnet ring external to the unit and a second rotor, with a magnet ring arranged inside the unit to surround coaxially thereto, the rotation shaft on which the cords, from which the shutters hangs, are wound.

Abstract: This system is comprised of an insulated access door (6), which makes for the closure of the cold room (4) in coming into contact with the door frame (1) fixed onto the entrance (2) of said cold room (4), and a quick opening door made up of a moveable sheet (8) and the corresponding means of activation (9, 10). These means of activation are to be fixed to the exterior of the cold room (4). There is also a longitudinal slit (7) fixed onto the door frame (1) so that the sheet (8) can pass, this sheet (8) being able to effect the closure either in front of or behind the insulated door (6). The system includes a stopper device (7) which can close the slit (7) in order to minimize the temperature loss through same, and some means (71 and 161) of heating the slit (7) and some guides (16) on which the sheet (8) moves to its open or closed position.

Abstract: In an insulating glass pane comprising two spaced glass panels which are sealingly joined at their circumference to form a sealed space in which a roller blind device is enclosed, the roller blind device includes a windup drum with a blind wound thereon and having a free end connected to a pull rod, and pull members are arranged at opposite ends of the drum and the pull rod is connected to the pull members. The pull members are operatively connected to a shaft on which the windup drum is rotatably supported for synchronous movement of the pull members and an electric is motor is provided for rotating the shaft and the pull members, the windup drum being rotationally connected to the shaft by way of a rotational torsion spring structure.

Abstract: The invention involves an insulating glass arrangement with at least one area between the panes, sealed up by glass panes (1, 1′) and an edge layer connection (2), and with a foil shade located in the area between the panes consisting of a sun-blocking foil the end (40) of which is attached to one of the sides of the glass panes (1, 1′) to be covered and which rolls up to a winding (41) on a movable winding shaft (3) or rolls out to a flat surface (42). It also consists of a winding drive unit for transmitting a torque to the winding shaft and of a lateral guide mechanism (5a, 5b) for guiding a bearing system of the winding shaft (3) along a linear path (S), and of a shade drive unit for actuating the foil shade. According to the invention, an internal linear guide mechanism (6a, 6b) is provided for aligning the winding shaft (3) at a right angle to the linear path (S).

Abstract: A film for blinds may be located either in front of a window pane in the conventional configuration or in the space between the panes in the case of a window with multiple glazing in order to provide decoration or shade. The film for blinds has creases which, due to their flexural moment, form a wave profile in the section of the blind that has been unwound, while they form a specific cross-section in the section that has been wound up. The blind winds up neatly and evenly with the layers exactly on top of each other, even when there are many layers and small winding diameters are involved.

Abstract: A solar-energy siding system is employed by affixing it to an exterior building surface. The system has a transparent siding element, a laminate having at least two spaced-apart ply members, a reflective member having a first orientation substantially between the siding element and the laminate, and a second orientation substantially removed from the area between the siding element and the laminate, and a mechanism for translating the reflective member between the first and the second orientations. The ply members include at least one inner light-absorbing ply member and one outer transparent ply member. The ply members each include a plurality of spacer ribs and the spacer ribs of the inner ply member are disposed crosswise of, and bear against, the spacer ribs of the outer ply member.

Abstract: A window with a substantially rectangular main frame structure with an openable sash structure comprises a built-in roller screening device comprising a flexible screening web having one end secured to a spring-loaded roller member and an opposite end connected with a rigid end member. A roller member is received in bracket members at respective ends of a longitudinal cavity formed in one of a first pair of main frame members, whereas in each of second pair of main frame members extending at right angles to the first pair a longitudinal guide track is formed to receive respective ends of said rigid end member and optionally edge regions of the screening web. The cavity is closed against the light-admitting area by a detachable cover member leaving a narrow slit-opening for passage of the screening web and permitting arrangement, removal or replacement.

Abstract: A roof window having an upper edge and a lower edge is provided with a shade assembly that has a flexible shade having a pair of opposite ends, a rotatable shaft attached to one of the shade ends, and a mount rotatably supporting the shaft at the lower window edge. A motor and spring unit attached to the shaft and to the other of the shade ends can wind the shade around the shaft in an open position of the assembly and unwind the shade from the shaft and pull it up along the window until the other shade end is at the upper edge in a closed position of the assembly. A pair of guides extend generally parallel to each other between the window edges. The one shade end is displaceable along the guides and respective cables attached to the one shade end extend along the guides. The shade assembly further has a stiff bar extending along the one shade edge and rollers on ends of the bar riding in the guides and attached to the cables.

Abstract: A doorlight shade assembly including a housing, a roller shade within the housing, and a pair of mounting clips. The clips each include a secured leg and a supporting leg perpendicular to each other. The secured leg of each clip fits between the door and a doorlight frame. The supporting leg of the clips receive and support the housing.

Abstract: An external screening mechanism for a pivotable skylight window comprises a web of a screening material which is wound on a spring-biased roller and is connected with a bottom bar which is guided in side guide rails and connected via a cord drive with an unrolling drive unit. The side guide rails for the bottom bar run along the parts of the frame side portions situated above the axis of rotation and the parts of the sash side portions situated below the axis of rotation, and an essentially rod-shaped support arrangement is attached to and extends across the screening web and is led in the side guide rails so that, in a position of use for the screening mechanism, it is positioned at or close to the axis of rotation in parallel therewith. The device may be provided with an arrangement for retightening and smoothing the web in the fully drawn position and during rewinding.

Abstract: A safety gate attached to a door and its associated jamb, for preventing passage through the doorway of children, pets, or the like. The gate comprises a net attached to the door and to the jamb. At the jamb, the net is attached to a spring loaded return mechanism which also serves as a take-up reel. This return mechanism is firmly anchored to the jamb. The net is removably attached to the door, so that intended passage through the doorway may proceed. The net has a loop which is slipped over a hook fastened to the door. A flexible net deploys instantly, since it constantly spans the jamb and the edge of the door. It retracts by closing the door, requiring no separate effort or manipulation for closing. The net is stored compactly on the reel when not being used. The net is easily removed from the hook by adults, but far less so by small children.

Abstract: A convertible panel door-screen door closure for residential garage doors or commercial doors having a torsion spring mechanism for balancing the panel door and a roll-up mechanism for the screen door. The roll-up mechanism is mounted beneath the torsion spring mechanism on header plates. Roller tracks for the panel door are mounted in spaced relation to the standard door jams by brackets and the tracks for the screen are mounted between the jams and the panel tracks on the same brackets. The screen door and panel door have the same position with respect to the jams, immediately to the rear of the jams, when in their down positions, and hence only one door may be in the down or closed position at any time.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a window cover including a window surrounded by a frame. Further provided is a window cover adapted to have a first orientation wherein the window cover shrouds the window and a second orientation wherein the window cover does not shroud the window. The window covering has a conventional elongated control mechanism with a first end connected to the window covering and a second end for allowing a user to transfer the window covering from the first orientation to the second orientation thereof and visa-versa. Finally, a control mechanism redirecting mechanism is included for allowing the second end of the control mechanism to be utilized distant the window while maintaining a portion of the control mechanism adjacent the first end thereof stationary.