Combi roller blind with fine adjustment function for shading

Abstract

The present invention relates to a combination roller blind wherein a fine adjustment means is provided behind an upper face of a headrail, the adjustment means causing an end of a blind sheet wrapped around a blind roll and an end opposite thereof to be fine-adjustably wrapped and unwrapped. When [the blind] is installed on a ceiling or a window frame to completely conceal the bottom edge of the window so that a bottom edge of a weight is adjoining a bottom sill of the window frame, and a portion of a light-transmissive section of the blind sheet is not overlapped, the opposite edge wrapped around the blind roll of the blind sheet can be fine-adjusted by rolling so that the light-transmissive section alternates with and is not completely overlapped by a light blocking section, allowing for complete shading to be achieved while completely concealing the bottom edge of the window.

Claims

1. A combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading comprised of: a headrail 100 whose upper face is fixedly installed on a ceiling or a window frame and formed by a front portion 110 and an upper portion 120 of certain length and width joined at a right angle, wherein the open side faces are sealed by inserting a side cover 130; a blind roll 200 whose ends are rotatably fixed to a pair of fixed axes 110, where one side of each axis is fixed in place by a bottom end of a fixed frame 120 whose top end is fixed to the upper portion 120; a blind sheet 300 on which light-transmissive sections 310 and light-blocking sections 320 are formed alternatingly in a lengthwise direction, and one end is fixed to the blind roll 200 for winding or unwinding, and the other end is fine-adjustably fixed to a rearward face of the upper portion of the headrail 100 to allow winding or unwinding; a weight 400 installed at a U-shaped bottom curve of the blind sheet 300 to guide the rising of the blind sheet 300 and maintain tension thereof when the blind roll 200 is rotated; a fine-adjusting means installed to span the rearward face of the upper portion of the headrail and a side cover 130 of any one side, the opposite end of the blind sheet 300 fixed thereto and wound or unwound to be rotated a certain distance to fine-adjust the blind sheet 300 so that a state wherein some of the light-transmissive sections 310 overlap becomes a state wherein [the light-transmissive sections] do not overlap; a roller 500 assembled to wrap around a fixed axis 110 provided on the other side of the head rail 100 to which a side cover 130 is assembled, and which rotates the blind roll 200 to move the blind sheet 300; and, an adjusting cord 600 is provided as a loop-type cord which wraps around the circumference of the roller 500, and the forward or rearward section of which is pulled down to rotate the roller 500 to raise or lower the blind sheet 300, wherein: the fine-adjusting means is installed to span the rearward face of the upper portion of the headrail and a side cover 130 of any one side, and is comprised of: an adjustment housing 710 provided as a hollow tube whose upper edge is fixed to a rear section of the upper portion of the headrail 100, and on which a downward-inclined lower portion facing the front portion 110 of the headrail 100 is cut out over a certain distance in a circumferential direction; a fine-adjustable winding bar 720 is provided as a hollow tube whose internal space is divided into two parts, each divisional space having a cut-out 721 in communication with the outside, where a certain length of the opposite end of the blind sheet 300 is fixed by insertion into the cut-out 721 on any one side, and which is rotated to wind or unwind the opposite end of the blind sheet 300; an adjusting hole 730 penetratingly formed through a rearward top corner of a side cover 130 on any one side in communication with the internal space of the adjustment housing 710; a fine-adjusting tool 740 fixed by insertion into the adjusting 730 hole so that one end is inserted into the divisional space of the fine-adjustable winding bar 720 opposite the space into which the opposite end of the blind sheet 300 is inserted, and which is detached from the adjusting hole 730 by a certain length and rotated to cause the fine-adjustable winding bar 720 to rotate in interlock.

2. The combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading of claim 1 wherein, to prevent rotation of the fine-adjusting tool 740 after it has been rotated, the fine-adjusting tool 740 is comprised of: an insertion piece 741 which is provided as an arc-shaped projection which is inserted into the divisional space of the fine-adjustable winding bar 720 opposite the space into which the opposite end of the blind sheet 300 is inserted; and an adjusting portion 745 comprised of a disc-shaped separator 746 which is formed integrally to extend outward from the cylindrical shape at one end of the insertion piece 741 and have a height difference from the opposite end of the insertion piece 741, with gear projections 747 formed on the outer face of the cylindrical shape on one end of the adjusting portion 745, and wherein gear grooves 737 are formed on the inner face of the adjusting hole 730 so that when the fine-adjusting tool 740 is inserted, [the gear grooves] mesh with the gear projections 747 of the adjusting portion 745.

3. The combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading of claim 1, characterized in that, to readily allow for the fine-adjusting tool 740 to be readily pulled out by a certain length, the adjusting hole 730 preferably has a depressed tool insertion groove 731 of a certain width on one side, into which a tool is inserted.

4. The combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading of claim 1, characterized in that the weight 400 is comprised of: a bottom rod 410 which is wrapped around by the U-shaped bottom curve of the blind sheet 300; a bottom bar 420 which is disposed to wrap around the bottom rod 410 wrapped around by the U-shaped bottom curve of the blind sheet 300 excluding a certain width on the top; and caps 430 assembled to either side of the bottom bar 420 to allow both ends of the bottom rod 410 to rotate freely, and the bottom bar 420 is provided as a bar having gradually increasing thickness from either open top end toward the closed bottom midsection.

5. The combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading of claim 1, characterized in that: the headrail 100 has fastening rails 113 formed on the top and bottom of the front face of the front portion 110, with a patterned sheet 110a fastened to the front face of the front portion 110.

6. The combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading of claim 1, characterized in that: the fixed frame 120 is provided as a ?-shaped frame whose upper portion is secured in place by inserting into a fixing slot 121 provided in the middle of the upper portion 120 of the headrail 100 in a widthwise direction, with the bottom portion secured in place by inserting between a multiplicity of inward-projecting fixed projections 111a formed on an inner face of an assembly hole 111 formed in the center of the fixed axis 110; and the side cover 130 has an oblong shape corresponding to the shape of the vertical portion of the fixed frame 120, and has a depressed accommodating groove 131 depressed to a certain depth on the face thereof which is assembled facing the headrail 100.

7. The combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading of claim 1, characterized in that: a fixing rail 125 is formed beneath and behind the upper portion of the headrail 100, and the adjustment housing 710 has a T-shaped fastening piece 711 formed on the top which is fastened by sliding into the fixing rail 125 of the upper portion 120, so that it may be separably fastened to the upper portion 120 of the headrail 100 through the fixing rail 125.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] FIG. 1 is a partial exploded perspective diagram illustrating the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention.

[0031] FIG. 2a and FIG. 2b are assembly perspective diagrams of the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention.

[0032] FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective diagram of essential elements illustrating the rotating structure for fine adjustment of the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention.

[0033] FIG. 4 is an exploded diagram illustrating the lower weight which is an essential element of the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention.

[0034] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the cross section of the bottom bar which is an essential element of the weight in FIG. 4.

[0035] FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 a diagrams illustrating usage states of the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention, wherein the blind sheet is fine-adjusted so that the light-transmissive sections and the light blocking sections overlap.

[0036] FIG. 8 is an exemplary diagram of essential elements of another embodiment, wherein the adjustment case which is an essential element has a detachable structure.

BEST MODE(S) FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0037] In the following, preferred embodiments of the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

[0038] FIG. 1 is a partial exploded perspective diagram illustrating the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention and FIG. 2a and FIG. 2b are assembly perspective diagrams of the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention.

[0039] FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective diagram of essential elements illustrating the rotating structure for fine adjustment of the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention.

[0040] FIG. 4 is an exploded diagram illustrating the lower weight which is an essential element of the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional diagram illustrating the cross section of the bottom bar which is an essential element of the weight in FIG. 4.

[0041] FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are diagrams illustrating usage states of the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention, wherein the blind sheet is fine-adjusted so that the light-transmissive sections and the light blocking sections overlap.

[0042] As seen in FIGS. 1 through 7, the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention allows fine rolling adjustment of an opposite end of a blind sheet wound around a blind roll, and is roughly comprised of a headrail 100, a blind roll 200, a blind sheet 300, a weight 400, a fine-adjusting means, a roller 500 and an adjusting cord 600.

[0043] Specifically, the upper face of the headrail 100 is fixedly installed on a ceiling or a window frame and formed by a front portion 110 and an upper portion 120 of certain length and width joined at a right angle, and the open side faces are sealed by inserting a side cover 130.

[0044] Further, the ends of the blind roll 200 are rotatably fixed to a pair of fixed axes 110, where one side of each axis is fixed in place by a bottom end of a fixed frame 120 whose top end is fixed to the upper portion 120.

[0045] On the blind sheet 300, light-transmissive sections 310 and light-blocking sections 320 are formed alternatingly in a lengthwise direction, and one end is fixed to the blind roll 200 for winding or unwinding, and the other end is fine-adjustably fixed to a rearward face of the upper portion of the headrail 100 to allow winding or unwinding.

[0046] Here, the light-transmissive sections 310 are preferably mesh.

[0047] Meanwhile, the weight 400 is installed at a U-shaped bottom curve of the blind sheet 300 and guides the rising of the blind sheet 300 and maintains tension thereof when the blind roll 200 is rotated.

[0048] The weight 400 is comprised of a bottom rod 410 which is wrapped around by the U-shaped bottom curve of the blind sheet 300, a bottom bar 420 which is disposed to wrap around the bottom rod 410 wrapped around by the U-shaped bottom curve of the blind sheet 300 excluding a certain width on the top, and caps 430 assembled to either side of the bottom bar to allow both ends of the bottom rod to rotate freely.

[0049] Here, preferably, the bottom bar 420 is provided as a bar having gradually increasing thickness from either open top end toward the closed bottom midsection.

[0050] Further, in the weight 400, the bottom rod 410 is fixedly installed inside the bottom bar 420 using caps 430 so that both ends can rotate freely 420.

[0051] Also, the fine-adjusting means which is installed to span the rearward face of the upper portion of the headrail and a side cover 130 of any one side, and the opposite end of the blind sheet 300 is fixed thereto and is wound or unwound to be rotated a certain distance to fine-adjust the blind sheet 300 so that a state wherein some of the light-transmissive sections 310 overlap becomes a state wherein [the light-transmissive sections] do not overlap.

[0052] Further, the roller 500 is assembled to wrap around a fixed axis 110 provided on the other side of the head rail 100 to which a side cover 130 is assembled, and rotates the blind roll 200 to move the blind sheet 300.

[0053] The roller 500 is comprised of elements identical to those of a typical combination roller blind, including a rotating ring (not illustrated) to which a top hooked portion of the adjusting cord 600 which is fixed and which is rotated when the adjusting cord 600 is pulled, in turn rotating the blind roll 200, and a supporting cover (not illustrated) which wraps around and protects the rotating ring, and the like. Therefore, further explanation in detail will be omitted in the following.

[0054] Further, the adjusting cord 600 is provided as a loop-type cord which wraps around the circumference of the roller 500, and the forward or rearward section thereof is pulled down to rotate the roller 500 to raise or lower the blind sheet 300.

[0055] Meanwhile, in the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention which is comprised of the above-described elements, the essential element of the fine-adjusting means is installed to span the rearward face of the upper portion 120 of the headrail 100 and a side cover 130 of any one side, and is comprised of an adjustment housing 710, a fine-adjustable winding bar 720, an adjusting hole 730 and a fine-adjusting tool 740.

[0056] Specifically, the adjustment housing 710 is provided as a hollow tube whose upper edge is fixed to a rear section of the upper portion of the headrail 100, and on which a downward-inclined lower portion facing the front portion 110 of the headrail 100 is cut out over a certain distance in a circumferential direction.

[0057] Further, the fine-adjustable winding bar 720 is provided as a hollow tube whose internal space is divided into two parts, each divisional space having a cut-out 721 in communication with the outside, where a certain length of the opposite end of the blind sheet 300 is fixed by insertion into the cut-out 721 on any one side, and which is rotated to wind or unwind the opposite end of the blind sheet 300.

[0058] Also, the adjusting hole 730 is penetratingly formed through a rearward top corner of a side cover 130 on any one side in communication with the internal space of the adjustment housing 710.

[0059] Further, the fine-adjusting tool 740 is fixed by insertion into the adjusting 730 hole so that one end is inserted into the divisional space of the fine-adjustable winding bar 720 opposite the space into which the opposite end of the blind sheet 300 is inserted, and which is detached from the adjusting hole 730 by a certain length and rotated to cause the fine-adjustable winding bar 720 to rotate in interlock.

[0060] In the fine-adjusting means which is comprised of the above-described elements, it is particularly important that rotation of the fine-adjusting tool 740 is prevented after it has been rotated.

[0061] This this end, the fine-adjusting tool 740 is comprised of an insertion piece 741 which is provided as an arc-shaped projection which is inserted into the divisional space of the fine-adjustable winding bar 720 opposite the space into which the opposite end of the blind sheet 300 is inserted; and an adjusting portion 745 comprised of a disc-shaped separator 746 which is formed integrally to extend outward from the cylindrical shape at one end of the insertion piece 741 and have a height difference from the opposite end of the insertion piece 741. Preferably, gear projections 747 are formed on the outer face of the cylindrical shape on one end of the adjusting portion 745.

[0062] Further, gear grooves 737 are preferably formed on the inner face of the adjusting hole 730 so that when the fine-adjusting tool 740 is inserted, [the gear grooves] mesh with the gear projections 747 of the adjusting portion 745.

[0063] Further, it is important that the fine-adjusting means which is comprised of the above-described elements can be readily pulled out of the fine-adjusting tool 740 by a certain length.

[0064] Accordingly, the adjusting hole 730 preferably has a depressed tool insertion groove 731 of a certain width on one side, into which a tool is inserted.

[0065] Meanwhile, in the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention, which is comprised of the above-described elements, the headrail 100 may have fastening rails 113 formed on the top and bottom of the front face of the front portion 110, with a patterned sheet 110a fastened to the front face of the front portion 110.

[0066] By providing the above-described fastening rail 113, it is possible to install any of a variety of patterned sheets on the front portion 110 of the headrail 100, for example a patterned sheet having a pattern identical or similar to the light-blocking sections 320 of the blind sheet 300.

[0067] Further, in the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention, which is comprised of the above-described elements, the fixed frame 120 is preferably provided as a ?-shaped frame whose upper portion is secured in place by inserting into a fixing slot provided in the middle of the upper portion 120 of the headrail 100 in a widthwise direction, with the bottom portion secured in place by inserting between a multiplicity of inward-projecting fixed projections 111a formed on an inner face of an assembly hole 111 formed in the center of the fixed axis 110.

[0068] Here, a multiplicity of fixed projections 111a project inwardly in a circumferential direction on the inner face of the assembly hole 111, more preferably projecting to form a T shape as illustrated in the drawings.

[0069] Further, preferably, the side cover 130 has an oblong shape corresponding to the shape of the vertical portion of the fixed frame 120, and has a depressed accommodating groove 131 depressed to a certain depth on the face thereof which is assembled facing the headrail 100.

[0070] Moreover, a multiplicity of inserting projections (not illustrated) are further formed on the two planes corresponding to the front portion 110 and upper portion 120 of the headrail 100 on the side on which the accommodating groove 131 is formed, and using this multiplicity of inserting projections (not illustrated), the side cover 130 may be conveniently installed and secured in either open end of the headrail 100 by force without requiring the use of screw bolts and the like.

[0071] Further, in the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention, which is comprised of the above-described elements, the blind sheet 300 is preferably provided as a loop whose front and rear parts are separated by a distance of 8.3 to 9.3 mm by the weight 400, and more preferably by a distance of 8.7 mm.

[0072] By providing the blind sheet 300 with the front and rear parts separated by a distance of 8.7 mm as described above, when the front and rear parts of the blind sheet 300 can move stably without friction therebetween when being wound or unwound by rotation of the blind roll 200, and thereby, the useful life of the blind sheet 300 can be improved further.

[0073] According to the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention, which is comprised of the above-described elements, by providing a fine adjustment means behind an upper face of a headrail, the adjustment means causing an end of a blind sheet wrapped around a blind roll and an end opposite thereof to be fine-adjustably wrapped and unwrapped, when [the blind] is installed on a ceiling or a window frame to completely conceal the bottom edge of the window so that a bottom edge of a weight is adjoining a bottom sill of the window frame and a portion of a light-transmissive section of the blind sheet is not overlapped, the opposite edge wrapped around the blind roll of the blind sheet can be fine-adjusted by rolling so that the light-transmissive section alternates with and is not completely overlapped by a light blocking section, allowing for complete shading to be achieved while completely concealing the bottom edge of the window.

[0074] Furthermore, by allowing the opposite edge of the blind sheet wrapped around the blind sheet to be fine-adjusted, a blind may be installed on window frames having varying lengths so that complete shading can be achieved when a weight is moved down to its lowest extent, maximizing compatibility with installation sites.

[0075] FIG. 8 is an exemplary diagram of essential elements of another embodiment of the combination roller blind with a fine adjustment function for shading according to the present invention, wherein the adjustment case which is an essential element has a detachable structure.

[0076] As illustrated in FIG. 8, the embodiment wherein the adjustment case has a detachable structure, the adjustment housing 710 is provided detachably to allow for storage separately from the headrail 100, maximizing efficiency of storage.

[0077] Referring to FIG. 8, in the detachable adjustment case structure according to another embodiment, a fixing rail 125 is formed beneath and behind the upper portion of the headrail 100.

[0078] Further, the adjustment housing 710 has a T-shaped fastening piece 711 formed on the top and which is fastened by sliding into the fixing rail 125 of the upper portion 120, so that it may be separably fastened to the upper portion 120 of the headrail 100 through the fixing rail 125.

[0079] Whereas specific embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail in the foregoing, the present invention is not limited thereto. The present invention may be modified in various ways by persons skilled in the art, the such modifications are included in the scope of the present invention.

TABLE-US-00001 [Explanation of Symbols] 100: Headrail 110: Front portion 111: Front slot 113: Fastening rail 110a: Patterned sheet 120: Upper portion 121: Fixing slot 125: Fixing rail 130: Side cover 131: Accommodating groove 110: Fixed axis 111: Assembly hole 111a: Fixed projection 120: Fixed frame 200: Blind roll 300: Blind sheet 310: Light-transmissive section 320: Light-blocking section 400: Weight 410: Bottom rod 420: Bottom bar 430: Cap 500: Roller 600: Adjusting cord 710: Adjustment housing 711: Fastening piece 720: Find-adjustable winding bar 721: Cut-out 730: Adjusting hole 731: Tool insertion groove 737: Gear groove 740: Fine-adjusting tool 741: Insertion piece 745: Adjusting portion 746: Separator 747: Gear projection