Abstract: The method starts with bringing the stack of slats to be assembled into a standby position. The slats are then removed from the bottom of the magazine and stepwise provided with connecting elements having hooks which are then engaged with loops provided on carrier strips of the shutter. Thereupon, the hooks are bent to close and the slats are moved downwardly by steps. After suspending the last slat, the carrier strips are cut through above the last slat, so that on a conveyor provided below, the assembled shutter forms a stack to be removed. This process is continuous, so that in immediate succession, the assemblage of a further shutter begins.

Abstract: A metallic link for a blind slat having a flange comprises a head portion with a suspension aperture for receiving a supporting loop, and with stop shoulders applying against the outer wall of the flange. Integral with the head parts is a clamping ring portion having at least one cutting edge on its front end. Initially, the clamping ring is straight and longer than the width of the cavity formed by the flange. Then, the ring portion is driven through the outer wall of the flange, up to the stop shoulders of the head. As the cutting edge 5 pierces the inner wall of the flange, the clamping ring undergoes a permanent deformation and buckles so that its sides are bent out and the ring becomes firmly clamped in the flange. Except for a ram for driving the link in, no other tool is needed.

Abstract: A venetian blind wherein the slats have channel-shaped marginal portions and the flexible strip- or cord-shaped carriers for the slats have equally spaced eyelets for the webs of metallic staples whose legs are driven through the adjacent marginal portions of the slats and are bent over behind the marginal portions to establish a permanent connection between the staples and the slats.

Abstract: A venetian blind wherein the slats are moved up and down by means of cords or strips in response to rotation of a shaft in clockwise and anticlockwise directions. The shaft actuates a mechanism serving to turn the slats between open and closed positions and through intermediate positions in which the slats are partly open. The mechanism is caused to automatically maintain the slats in the open positions during upward movement of slats and in the intermediate positions when the slats move downwardly. The slats can turn between the open and closed positions when the venetian blind is fully extended. Yieldable detents are provided to releasably hold the slats in the open, closed or intermediate positions.