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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7703501 | Device for automatically moving a curtain along a curtain rail A device for automatically moving a curtain along a curtain rail, which device comprises driving means movable along the curtain rail, the curtain being adapted to be coupled to the driving means by way of coupling means, wherein the driving means comprise a toothed... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7686063 | Motorized drapery system having a pull-away master car A drapery system for moving a suspended drapery fabric allows the drapery fabric to be decoupled from a drive system, such that the drapery fabric may be manually moved. The drapery system comprises a master car comprising a driven portion and a non-driven portion. ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7509992 | Kabuki stage setting release device A Kabuki device to positionally maintain and release a stage setting responsive to electric current from a power source. A box-like body, defining a medial chamber with a slot communicating therewith, carries a solenoid in the chamber. A movable solenoid arm communi... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7360576 | Electric transmission module for module for window curtains having winding wheel An electric transmission module for window curtains having a winding wheel bridges a power unit and a window curtain set so that the opening/closure of the curtains can be controlled. A string of a set of transmission pieces is wound around a first wheel groove of t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7337825 | System to open and close drapes An electric motor moves drapes on a carrier by a cord wound on a sheave attached to a shaft thereof. The motor is attached to a housing along with a second shaft. The second shaft has an arm on an end thereof and carries a disc with first and second cam surfaces the... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322395 | Tambour door comprising a door leaf that can be rolled up and uses thereof Disclosed is a tambour door comprising a door leaf that can be rolled up. The door comprises a vertical roller frame for receiving the door leaf, a sliding bar, to which the rollable door leaf is fixed, and an upper horizontal guide rail, in which the sliding bar is... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7142932 | Hand-held remote control system An infrared hand-held remote control for handling a single or plural devices such as lights, shades, drapes and the like contains ergonomically selected and placed control buttons that are self-describing and easy to use. It allows explicit, easy-to-use control of d... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7085627 | Integrated system for controlling lights and shades A control system includes a processor transmitting signals to a shade network and a lighting system directing that motorized shades and dimmable loads be set to desired intensity levels. A communication interface having a buffer is connected between the processor an... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081724 | Electrical actuator having a direct current motor An electrical mains-powered actuator designed to operate a closing, darkening or solar protection element, having in a common enclosure, a direct current motor, a board controlling the motor power supply and an AC/DC voltage converter, the control board including a ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7007428 | Vertical telescopic stage accessories device A device having multiple support members telescopically contained therein, with each member having a set of lights, a set of curtains and various compartments for numerous stage accessories and allows for quick change of the lights and curtains that are used for dif... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994145 | Motorized drapery pull system A quiet drapery pull system includes an elongated track that receives a master car and auxiliary cars. The track defines a pair of curved surfaces for nested receipt of roller members of the cars to facilitate linear tracking of the cars. The cars preferably include... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6951363 | Power tonneau cover actuator The present invention provides a power assisted cover actuator for operating a tonneau cover for an open bed of a truck, such as a pickup truck. The cover is hingably coupled to a distal end of the truck bed adjacent the truck cab. The power assisted cover actuator ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6942001 | Magnetic sealing apparatus for portal covering An apparatus comprising a magnetic sealing system for urging opposing sides of a cover toward the lateral margins of a portal to promote sealing of the sides of the cover to the lateral margins of the portal. The magnetic sealing system biases the opposing ends of a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935403 | Motorized drapery pull system A quiet drapery pull system includes an elongated track that receives a master car and auxiliary cars. The track defines a pair of curved surfaces for nested receipt of roller members of the cars to facilitate linear tracking of the cars. The cars preferably include... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6910515 | Electricity-operated window blind An electricity-operated window blind is constructed to include a headrail, a driving mechanism mounted inside the headrail and having a power input device for rotation upon receipt of power supply, and a power output device for synchronously rotating with the power ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905035 | Accessory organizer An apparatus can be used for organizing clothing accessories such as jewelry, neckties, scarves, and other items. The apparatus can hang from a closet rod and has a slidable track so that the items hanging from hooks attached to the slidable track can be easily acce... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6827121 | Assembly power curtain Disclosed is an assembled electromotive curtain for easy installation, simple manipulation, and convenient maintenance. The assembled electromotive curtain allows an opening and closing of the curtain along a rail, and includes a main controller provided with a moto... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6812662 | Photoelectric power supply system for motorized window coverings A photoelectric power supply system for motorized window coverings includes a light detector electrically connected to a relatively high dielectric capacitor. In turn, the capacitor is connected to an electric motor, and the capacitor is the primary source of power ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6769142 | Positive drive cover system A swimming pool cover fabric has beads attached to its opposite edges. Each bead is positioned to essentially abut the bead in front to form in effect a segmented rod. A drive mechanism has a sprocket to engage each bead and urge it into and out of the race or slot ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6701650 | Sign suspension system A remote-controlled motor-driven drum is provided to wind and unwind a cord which holds a self-balancing sign carrier. The sign carrier, which has telescoping rails, is adjustable in width. Its center rail includes two sheaves to receive the cord and lead... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6598652 | Distance-controlled electrically powered unit for actuating rail-mounted curtains A motor-driven unit that can be remotely controlled for moving a curtain fitted on a rail and having an operation cord, includes an electrical power supply, a reversible motor, pulleys suspended on the operation cord with the operation cord being partiall... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6520485 | Winch system for raising and lowering theatre scenery A motorized fly system winch, drum and carriage combination for raising and lowering, for example, theatre scenery by means of cables and which incorporates functions for emergency braking, for moving the drum in synchronization with relation to the carri... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6485225 | Barrier apparatus having magnetic components Throughway barrier apparatus comprises a pair of housings (51, 52; 151, 152) to be sited one to each side of a throughway (58). Each housing is provided with an upstanding surface (53, 54) of magnetic material, the two surfaces (53, 54) facing one another... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6297604 | Drapery actuator system and method of operation A drapery opening and closing system for opening and closing a single drape or two drapes, and a method of opening and closing a drape. A reversible electric motor, to which a winch member is rotatably coupled, is affixed to a wall proximate a window at a... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6144177 | Drapery actuator A drapery actuator to open and close draperies, comprising a housing and a drive pulley supported by the housing to engage a drapery cord coupled to a drape. A motor, typically a D.C. motor, is supported by the housing for providing torque to reversibly r... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6092583 | Closure member and closing construction A closure member comprises a flexible sheet curved wavily so as to wave in the horizontal direction, and a drive which causes the flexible sheet to wave forward. A closure structure comprises this closure member and is further provided with a wall member ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6085826 | Runner with line tensioning capabilities, guide rails for electrically-opened and closed curtains, and guide rails for manually-opened and closed curtains A runner and guide rail for curtains intended to maintain a line for opening and closing the curtains automatically and constantly to the tension state by intermediately installing elastic members at the connections between the runner and the line. A guid... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6076592 | Curtain operating assembly A curtain operating assembly has a track 2 with a pulling band 4 and sliding carriages 7, 9. The assembly is also equipped with an electric motor 11 connected to a drive cogwheel 17 and the pulling band. A clutch mechanism allows manual movement of the cu... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6024156 | Curtain drawing apparatus A fully automatic motor driven curtain drawing apparatus which is of a simple, but highly reliable design and one which can be easily adjusted to accommodate windows of widely differing sizes. They can be opened either manually or by an electric motor whi... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5967217 | Auto/manual dual/mode curtain track assembly An auto/manual dual-mode curtain rack assembly includes a casing, a movable rack, a plurality of carrier slides, and a driving unit, wherein the casing defining a first track and a second track below the first track; the movable rack is moved along the fi... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5676189 | Motorized drapery track assembly The present invention is a motorized drapery track assembly specially adapted for use in traversing very sharp corners without derailment. The system employs a motorized carrier that is mounted upon a track and a plurality of trolleys to which a drapery i... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5611386 | Electric window blind An electric window blind comprises a driving member capable of being actuated by an action rod to cause the rotary wheels to engage the transmission wheels at the time when the power outage takes place. The rotary wheels can be therefore actuated manually... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5371447 | Repositioning system Apparatus and methods for positioning a drape covering for a window comprise an electric stepper motor and an automated control for actuating the electric stepper motor to move the drape to any selected position at any selected time and in any selected se... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5270629 | Automatic vertical blind controller with memory An automatic vertical blind controller with memory, particularly an automatic vertical blind controller with automatic/manual operated memory for control of vertical blind turning and movement automatically by referring to a reference data in the memory r... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5031574 | Control system for poultry house ventilation curtains A poultry house having ventilation windows with curtains movable vertically relative to the windows to open the windows incrementally has a control cable associated with each curtain for pulling the curtain upwardly by curtain cords connecting the control... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4995442 | Curtain opening device A device for opening and closing a closure member, typically a curtain in which a cord is associated with the closure member and has a bight portion located in the first plane and a pair of substantially parallel, spaced first and second reaches located i... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4965498 | Electrically operated system for drawing curtains and other types of barriers An electrically operated drawing system for drawing and undrawing curtains includes an electric motor, a clutch having a solenoid, a rotation detector for detecting rotation of the electric motor, an operating switch for outputting command signals, and a ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4958112 | Drapery actuator operated by lamp timer and hand-held wireless remote control A mechanism which engages the pull-cord that opens and closes draperies, whereby the mechanism possesses a unique motor control for its automatic operation by a lamp timer (any of the commercially available clock actuated switches which are used in many h... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956588 | Attachable hand-operated/automatic dual usage venetian blind controller This invention relates to an attachable hand-operated/automatic dual usage venetian blind controller which can be attached to an existing venetian blind to set the blades of such a venetian blind together at any angle or to draw up the blades together to ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4926922 | Curtain drawing device TYhe curtain drawing device providing either manual or automatic drawing of a curtain comprises an electric motor, a curtain rod which is driven rotatably by the motor, an exteriorly-protruding longitudinally-extending spiral element attached to the outer... | 05/22/1990 |
