Abstract: Closures such as rolling shades or blinds which include a drum for winding slats of the closure body and which are formed by two superposed shafts. Separation devices are provided adapted to prevent any friction between layers of slats wound on the shafts. These devices may include stepped pulleys associated with slat end pieces of different lengths.

Abstract: An electric gear motor with reduction gears and automatic brake for shutters, wherein an emergency control is provided to allow the shutter to be manually maneuvered in the event of motor brake down or loss of power. A toothed ring is normally retained in a non-rotatable position relative to the reduction gears under the influence of a yieldable leg of a spring pin. The yieldable leg is movable away from the ring to permit the ring to rotate with the reduction gears and free of a motor drive shaft in the event the motor fails to activate in a normal manner thus enabling the shutters to be manually operated.

Abstract: A device for controlling a motor unit which displaces a screening unit which includes a power supply with at least one controlled electronic switch designed to feed a regulated electrical output to the motor unit and a control loop with a circuit which detects the difference between the value of the electrical output produced by the power supply and a reference value, and wherein the reference value is selected for the electrical output as a function of input signals received by the device.

Abstract: Roller assemblies having a drum upon which a closure is wound and unwound and wherein a drive mechanism within the drum is meshed with a plurality of elongated ribs extending along the inner surface of the drum and wherein the limiting controls for the drive mechanism include a pair of travelling nuts which are also meshed with the ribs of the drum for mechanically actuating the limiting controls.