SHADING DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST ONE AWNING

Abstract

A shading device having at least one awning and having at least one winding device, which is provided for winding and unwinding the awning and which has a rigging that is stretched taut along a side or a diagonal of the awning, which rigging is rotationally coupled to the windable and unwindable awning. In order to embody this shading device in a particularly durable fashion, it is proposed for the rigging to be embodied as torsionally rigid or low-torsion and for it to be rotationally coupled to the awning over the entire length of the side or diagonal of the awning.

Claims

1. A shading device comprising: at least one awning; at least one winding device, which is provided for winding and unwinding the awning; and a rigging that is stretched taut along a side or a diagonal of the awning, which rigging is rotationally coupled to the windable and unwindable awning, wherein the rigging is torsionally rigid or low-torsion and is rotationally coupled to the awning over a entire length of the side or diagonal of the awning.

2. The shading device according to claim 1, wherein the rigging is sewn and/or glued to the awning over the entire length of the side or over the entire length of the diagonal of the awning.

3. The shading device according to claim 1, wherein the rigging is a fiber rope.

4. The shading device according to claim 3, wherein the fiber rope has a kernmantle braiding with a polyester braided sheath and an HPPE (high performance polyethylene) braided core.

5. The shading device according to claim 1, wherein the shading device has a belt which extends along the side or diagonal of the awning and is firmly attached to the awning, with the rigging extending between the awning and the belt.

6. The shading device according to claim 5, wherein the rigging is sewn to the belt.

7. The shading device according to claim 5, wherein the belt is sewn to the awning.

8. The shading device according to claim 5, wherein the belt is a webbing.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] The subject of the invention is shown in greater detail in the figures byway of example based on an embodiment variant. In the drawings:

[0014] FIG. 1 shows atop view of a partially depicted shading device and

[0015] FIG. 2 is a sectional view along line I-II in FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0016] FIG. 1 shows an example of a shading device 1 with an essentially four-sided awning 2 and a winding device 3. The winding device 3 is used for winding and unwinding the awning 2, which can be stretched taut by means of tensioning ropes 4, which are attached to opposite corners of the awning 2 and are part of a tensioning device that is not shown in detail. In the exemplary embodiment, the winding device 3 is embodied in the form of a roller-furling device and for this purpose, has a jib furler 5 and a halyard swivel 6 between which a rigging 7 is stretched taut, which can be acted on in a rotation direction 8 by means of the jib furler 5. Since the rigging 7 that is stretched taut along a diagonal 9.2 of the awning 2 is rotationally coupled to the awning 2, the awning 2 can be rolled up or unrolled depending on the rotation direction 8 of the opposing rotation directions of the winding device 3.

[0017] According to the invention, the rigging 7 is embodied as torsionally rigid or low-torsion and therefore has no torsion or hardly any and has a high torsional rigidity in the rotation directions 8which prevents the awning 2 from twisting relative to the rigging 7.

[0018] In general, it should be noted that such a rigging 7 can be a fiber rope with a kemmantle braiding in order to thus ensure the high torsional rigidity. For example, fiber ropes of this kind are used as a luff line for a head sail, gennaker, etc. Preferably, such a torsionally rigid or low-torsion fiber rope with a kernmantle braiding can, for example, have a polyester braided sheath and an HPPE (high performance polyethylene) braided core.

[0019] In addition, the awning 2 is rotationally coupled over the entire diagonal 9.2 of the awning 2as is clearly indicated in FIG. 2 by the fact that the rigging 7 is indirectly attached to the awning 2 by means of indicated seams 10, 11. This is indirect in that a belt 12, which is sewn to the awning 2 by means of seams 10, is sewn to the rigging 7 by means of seams 11.

[0020] FIG. 1 also shows with dashed lines that the rigging 7 can also be provided extending along a side 9.1 of the awning 2. Apart from the lateral dimension, this embodiment variant is designed identically to one with the diagonal span. Here, too, the rigging 7 is rotationally coupled to the awning 2 over the entire length L of the side 9.1 of the awning 2which makes it possible to achieve a particularly durable rotational coupling between the rigging and awning.

[0021] This belt 12 embodied as a webbing 12.1 extends along the same diagonal 9.2 as the rigging 7 so that the rigging 7 can be enclosed between the belt 12 and the awning 2. This protects the rigging 7 on the one handand can also achieve a particularly rugged rotational coupling of the rigging 7 to the awning 2.

[0022] A gap between the rigging 7, the awning 2, and the belt 12 can be filled with adhesive 13 in order to thus increase the durability of the flexible winding shaft with a rigging 7.