Abstract: A device for covering at least part of a container using a tarpaulin. The device includes a rod to deploy the tarpaulin across the container and an actuator. An arm extends between the actuator and the rod to allow the actuator to rotate the rod, the arm having an arm first end coupled to the rod and an opposed arm second end. The rod is coupled to the container so that the rod second end is movable relative to the container.

Abstract: A window covering can be configured as roll-up shade. The window covering can have a plurality of clips that are configured to be moveable from a first position in which the clips engage window covering material and a second position at which the clips do not engage the window covering material. When the clips are in the second position, the window covering material is manually adjustable from between a fully extended position to a retracted position. When the window covering material is moved to a retracted position, the lower portion of the window covering material may be rolled up upon height adjustment to form a roll of the window covering material. After the adjustment of the window covering material, the clips can be moved to their first position to engage the unrolled material to maintain a position of the rolled up material.

Abstract: A window covering can be configured to facilitate height adjustment of window covering material. In some embodiments, a handle or clips may be utilized to help maintain the position of the window covering material so that the use of an operator cord and/or exposed lift cords can be avoided or minimized.

Abstract: A coilable shade includes a shade having a head end and a tail end. The head end includes a hanger portion. A shaft is fixed to the tail end of the shade. A shade holding device includes two pivotal portions opposite to each other. The shaft is coupled to the two pivotal portions. A portion of the shade coiled around the shaft is received in the shade holding device and is held by an elastic enveloping strap. The disadvantage of failure in retaining in a desired length in the conventional shade device that can only provide a fully extended state or a fully coiled state is, thus, solved.

Abstract: A door, in particular vertical-lift door, for closing an opening in a wall, in particular in a wall which separates two different temperature zones from one another, having a movable, flexible door leaf which comprises multiple separate, flexible door leaf layers which are guided such that they are spaced apart from one another in the closed state of the door, and having at least one winding shaft onto which the door leaf can be wound up in order to open the door, in which two adjacent door leaf layers are connected to one another by at least one spacer which ensures a spacing, defined by the spacer, of the two door leaf layers at least in the region of the spacer in the closed state of the door.

Abstract: A roll blind for a vehicle, including: a guide frame formed in an inner circumference of an opening formed in a sun roof of the vehicle; a fixing shaft fixed to either of anterior and posterior areas of the vehicle on the guide frame; an opening shaft disposed on the other one of the anterior and posterior areas to which the fixing shaft is fixed; a blind disposed to selectively cover the opening according to a sliding operation of the opening shaft; and a pressing unit disposed between the fixing shaft and the opening shaft, sliding along the guide frame, rolling a central portion of the blind upward from an upper side of the blind in right and left directions of the vehicle, simultaneously wrapping two sides of the blind and simultaneously providing tension to the blind that moves from the anterior and posterior areas.

Abstract: Provided is a retractable safety gate and locking mechanism for a retractable safety gate that employs a spline lock and spline geometry for extending and locking the gate in an immovable position, and an air check valve and compression spring as a time delay for retracting the gate.

Abstract: A mobile taping system has a framework with a base section and a height adjustable main section connected to a cradle support. A rolled up tarp within the cradle support, can be unrolled and retracted by a spring-loaded roll-out and retraction assembly or a manual crank for covering the open container. The system is separate and independent from the container. Wheels extending from the base section permit the mobile tuning system to be transported between various containers, when a given container is filled with loose debris and must be covered.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a roller blind device, which comprises a special curtain. The roller blind device also comprises a first circular tube for fixing the upper end of the special curtain and a second circular tube for fixing the lower end of the special curtain. A torsion spiral which is capable of rolling up the special curtain and a stop means for lifting the second circular tube are arranged in the second circular tube. Such structure ensures that the roller blind device can roll up a plurality of roller blind curtains or show one of the plurality of roller blind curtains.

Abstract: An architectural covering arrangement having two side rails for mounting in parallel either side of a window pane and at least one movable end rail for mounting perpendicular to the side rails and extending from one side rail to the other side rail, the side rails having on respective faces to be mounted on a window pane, a two-layer fastening structure with one of the layers adhered to the respective side rail and the other of the two layers to be adhered to the window pane, the two layers being freely attachable and detachable from one another.

Abstract: A weight moving in a height direction interlocking with development and reception of a slide guide frame is provided, and the weight brakes reception of the slide guide frame owing to an increase in potential energy and promotes development of the slide guide frame owing to a decrease in potential energy, whereby an operating force is decreased, a feeling of operating a slide bar is made light, and the slide bar is decreased in sliding speed at the time of closing to achieve an improvement in safety.

Abstract: There is provided a screen device having a pair of slide guide frames and a slide bar expanding and storing the slide guide frames so that screens can be set up and stored by the movement of the slide bar, wherein a roller pipe having a coil spring mechanism for providing a resilient force integrated therein is arranged between the slide guide frames, pivotally supporting bodies are disposed at both ends of the roller pipe so as to be capable of sliding but not to be capable of rotating with respect to the slide guide frames, one end of two screens are fixed to the roller pipe, and the roller pipe rotates and slides in association with expansion of the slide guide frames or storage thereof into the slide bar in association with the movement of the slide bar to which the other end of one of the screens is fixed, whereby setting up of the screen by withdrawal of the same from the roller pipe and storage of the screen into the roller pipe by winding of the same on the roller pipe are enabled.

Abstract: A screen device including a screen guide that has a simple structure, stably operates, and, in a guided-out state, can be formed in a straight rail-like shape. A screen guide of the screen device includes a large number of guide pieces, each formed in an approximately U-shape by a bottom and standing walls respectively extending along the end of a screen and the external side surfaces of the screen, and having a structure in which passage holes are formed along the tops of the standing walls, two strings of wire members are exerted through the respective passage holes, and, when the screen guide is guided out along the end of the screen, the serial contact surfaces of the adjacent guide pieces abut against each other.

Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with an at least partially transparent roof section (10) and a shade arrangement (12) located underneath the transparent roof section. In one of three embodiments, with two take-up shafts (16, 18) located in succession in the lengthwise direction of the roof and a length of shade (14) which extends in between, and the front end of the length of shade can be taken up onto the front take-up shaft and the back end onto the rear take-up shaft, the two take-up shafts each being pre-tensioned in the take-up direction, the two take-up shafts being movable along one laterally arranged guide in the lengthwise direction of the roof, and there being a common drive (70, 72, 74, 76) in order to move the take-up shafts (16, 18) in opposite directions toward one another in the lengthwise direction of the roof.

Abstract: A door assembly includes a door body; a first panel slidably mounted on the door body; a second panel slidably mounted on the door body; a first retractable screen mounted on the door body and connected to the first panel; and a second retractable screen mounted on the door body and connected to the second panel. The panels typically includes window panes and are openable to create a pair of spaced openings through the door which are covered by the retractable screens.

Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening includes a head rail, a bottom rail with a take-up roller therein and an intermediate rail with both the intermediate rail and bottom rail suspended from the head rail, a fabric material interconnecting the intermediate rail with the bottom rail and being adapted to be wrapped around the roller in the bottom rail, said fabric including a pair of vertically oriented sheets that are horizontally spaced by a plurality of vertically spaced horizontal vanes with the vanes being movable between open and closed positions by opposite vertical movement of the sheets of material. In a first embodiment a first control system is provided for raising and lowering the bottom rail and a second control system for raising and lowering the intermediate rail as well as tilting the intermediate rail to effect an opening or closing of the vanes.

Abstract: A roller blind system for a vehicle roof includes a rotatable coiling body and a roller blind that is attached at one end to the coiling body and at the other end to a vehicle portion in a stationary manner. The coiling body is shiftable in a translational motion, allowing the roller blind to uncoil and coil up while minimizing frictional forces on the roller blind.

Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening includes a head rail, a bottom rail with a take-up roller therein and an intermediate rail with both the intermediate rail and bottom rail suspended from the head rail, a fabric material interconnecting the intermediate rail with the bottom rail and being adapted to be wrapped around the roller in the bottom rail, said fabric including a pair of vertically oriented sheets that are horizontally spaced by a plurality of vertically spaced horizontal vanes with the vanes being movable between open and closed positions by opposite vertical movement of the sheets of material. A first control system is provided for raising and lowering the bottom rail and a second control system for raising and lowering the intermediate rail as well as tilting the intermediate rail to effect an opening or closing of the vanes.

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 roller comprises: a support shaft bearing at either opposite end a bush supporting an external tubular element containing the shaft and destined to be a support element of a cover fixed thereto by one end; a motor to recall the roller by setting the tubular element in rotation about the shaft in an opposite direction to that followed during an unwinding of the cover, and constituted by at least two helix springs, separate but cooperating, which are coaxially keyed on the shaft; the ends of each spring being stably fixed on corresponding seats exhibited by a first support keyed on the shaft and a second support, axially fixed and rotatably mounted on the shaft, and solid to the tubular element.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for a cover assembly where the assembly includes an elongated body having first and second opening defining edges which define an elongated opening within the body. A covering material is provided sized to cover the opening with a first edge of the material attached to the body and a second edge of the material attached to an elongated bar. The apparatus includes a motor for selectively rotating the bar about the axis in first and second rotational directions to wind and unwind material from the bar. A tensioning mechanism is provided for urging the bar member to move in a direction with the bar member and tarp covering the opening.

Abstract: A roll up tarp assembly for a truck having a box with an open top. The assembly includes a tarp support system which is mounted on the open top of the box and a sheet which is located on the support system so that the top of the box is covered. A hollow pipe extending longitudinally across the top of the box is provided such that the hollow pipe is located substantially centrally with respect to the sides of the box. The hollow pipe is placed on top of the sheet and affixed along its length to the sheet. A biasing device is provided within the hollow pipe such that the hollow pipe is urged to rotate towards a a predetermined side of the box and thus roll up the sheet. A locking element couplable to the hollow pipe is provided to restrain the hollow pipe from rotating when the sheet covers the open top of the box.

Abstract: A roll bar adapted for attachment along one edge of an awning sheet so that the awning sheet can be retracted around the roll bar or extended away from the roll bar includes a generally cylindrical tubular element having longitudinally extending indentations therein with a generally circular groove in the indentation which is partially defined by a pair of upstanding lips having a space therebetween into which the awning sheet can be inserted. The edge of the awning sheet inserted into the groove has a sleeve formed therein which receives an elongated rod which is larger in diameter than the spacing between the lips so that the rod cooperates with the lips in retaining the edge of the awning sheet in the roll bar. The lips are designed such that the ends thereof can be flared outwardly to facilitate insertion of the awning sheet into the groove without snagging and possibly damaging the awning sheet material.