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Josiane Dunand

Serge Bruno

Pierre-Emmanuel Cavarec

Jean-Michel Perache

Fabien Rousseau

Rémi Sourain

This motorized carriage for opening/closing a curtain is able to move along a rail thanks to a friction wheel driven by an electric motor and pivot mounted in a casing containing this electric motor. The casing is provided with at least two members for suspending it from the rail or from the rod, which include a support and/or a base element and at least one pivoting roller. The casing is equipped with at least one housing for partially accommodating and reversibly immobilizing each suspension member, so that the pivoting rollers or the shoes of the suspension members are mounted removably on the casing. The support is mounted, removably and via a rotational movement (F), in the housing. Elements allow the support to be immobilized about its axis of rotation. The movement assembly (E) includes a casing and at least two sets of two suspension members.

Motorized carriage, screen-moving assembly comprising such a carriage, screening installation and method for operating such an installation

A motor-driven carriage () for opening/closing a curtain, includes a housing () that is provided with two members () for suspending the housing from a rail (), wherein a friction wheel (), which is driven by an electric motor and which is to contact at least one rolling surface () of the rail, is rotatably mounted inside the housing. The carriage () also includes a cradle () provided with two other members () for suspending the cradle from the rail (), which are separate from the members () for suspending the housing (), as well as elements () for coupling to the curtain. The cradle is mounted onto the housing () and is driven by the housing when the latter moves along the rail, the housing () and the cradle () optionally being capable of relative movement there between.

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Vallorcine, France

Josiane Dunand