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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100032992 | SUNSHADE ASSEMBLY AND OPEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION PROVIDED THEREWITH A sunshade assembly comprises a flexible sunscreen having opposed longitudinal edges and opposed transversal edges, two opposed longitudinal guides for receiving therein and guiding corresponding ones of the opposed longitudinal edges of the sunscreen, a rotatable windi... | 02/11/2010 |
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| 20090229770 | Tensioned Roller Shade System Having a Conical, Grooved Spool A tensioned roller shade system for installation in an opening, such as a window or a skylight, comprises a frame, a roller tube rotatably mounted between side channels of the frame adjacent a first end of the frame, a conical, grooved spool mounted adjacent the roller ... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090078379 | SIDE WINDOW ROLLER BLIND WITH INSERTION AID A side window roller blind is provided. The roller blind includes a support rod having a free end connected to a tension bar. In order to prevent rattling noises, the ends of the tension bar are provided with rollers that contact the window pane such that the support ro... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20080230190 | SIDE WINDOW ROLLER BLIND WITH HINGED PULL ROD AND RECTANGULAR SUPPORT ROD A window roller blind that has a shade, the free end of which is connected to a pull rod. In order to guide movement of the pull rod during extension and retraction of the roller blind, a support rod is connected to pull rod by means of articulated connection.... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080223531 | SIDE WINDOW ROLL-UP SHADE WITH CABLE DRIVE A side window roll-up shade which has a pull rod attached to a movable edge of a roll-up shade material. The pull rod is carried by two support rods which are guided so that they can move vertically within the door body. At the bottom end of each support rod, a cable is... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080041536 | High Load Operation of an Industrial Roll Door A high load operation industrial roll door, including a flexible door curtain windable about a top roll positioned above a door opening and provided with a drive system. The roll door includes a bottom beam fastened to the door curtain, and a biasing spring, for resisti... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080035281 | Hembar for a shade fabric and assembly method A hembar includes front and rear walls and top and bottom spline channels adjacent a top and a bottom of the hembar. Each spline channel receives a spline in an oblique orientation to a vertical line and is arranged to conceal the channel from any viewing location in fr... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080006373 | Automated window blind A window blind includes a shaft unit and a clutch unit. The shaft unit includes a pair of seat members, a shaft member, a tubular member, and a pushing member. The shaft member is mounted rotatably on the seat members. The tubular member is sleeved rotatably around the ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070181270 | Door System A door system includes a reel, a door interconnect at a first end to the reel for winding and unwinding thereupon and one or more guide channels. The reel is rotatably mounted on a lever which is pivotally mounted to a pivot axis. Thus, the reel can pivot about the pivo... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070181269 | Elevator Door System An elevator door system includes a motor, a vertical reel, and a door attached at a first end to the vertical reel for winding and unwinding thereupon. A force transmission device interconnects a second end of the door and a compensation device whereby the motor simulta... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20050247412 | High load operation of an industrial roll door A high load operation industrial roll door, including a flexible door curtain windable about a top roll positioned above a door opening and provided with a drive system. The roll door includes a bottom beam fastened to the door curtain, and a biasing spring, for resisti... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050161175 | Roller blind device 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 ai... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050051283 | Motor-driven shutter or sun-shading device The motorized shutter, blind or sun-protection device comprises at least one roll-up element (2; 20), one end of which is kinematically linked to a roll-up element drive roller (1) and the other end of which is attached to pulling strands (3, 4; 15, 16;... | 03/10/2005 |