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Etablissements Carpano & Pons

Carpano & Pons

Jean Bullat

This driving system for roll-up shades, blinds, rolling shutters or the like is applicable to tubular winding tubes of the shade or the like and comprises an electric motor having its shaft coupled to the tube, and an emergency manual control mechanism in the form of a worm and wheel gearing adapted, in case of failure in the supply of electric current, to drive at the same speed the tubular casing of the electric motor and the winding tube, without causing any misadjustment of the automatic stop device; for this purpose, a particularly compact kinematic connection is provided and comprises a first toothed ring rigid with the winding tube and connected through adequate kinematic means including a pinion rotatably mounted inside a drive wheel to a second toothed ring disposed on the opposite face of this wheel and connected via a toothed wheel to cam members incorporated in the automatic stop means.

Driving system for roll-up shades, blinds, rolling shutters and the like

A reversible electric motor has a torque limiting stop device actuable to stop the motor by angular displacement of the motor casing when an opposing torque on the motor shaft exceeds a threshold value. Complementary profiles are arranged to hold the motor casing in its displaced position so that the motor can only be re-started in the opposite direction to before.

Torque-limiting stop device

A drive mechanism, for example of a blind with vertical slats, comprises first and second rotatable driving elements kinematically connected to a common rotary actuating element respectively by a first coupling arranged to immediately couple the first driving element for a limited rotation with the actuating element when the latter is rotated and a second coupling arranged to couple the second driving element for rotation with the actuating element after a given rotation of the latter. Each coupling comprises, on the first driving element and a facing fixed surface for the first coupling, and on the second driving element and the actuating element for the second coupling, a helix or spiral ramp and a facing transverse groove housing a ball which allows a limited relative rotation of the respective parts.

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Bonneville, France

Jean Bullat