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Pull cord operation mechanism for blinds

US7198089B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 2004
Grant dateApr 3, 2007
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE06B9/322
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A pull cord operation mechanism for blinds includes a fixing mount having a pair of slide grooves and a pivoting groove concaved at the upper edge of left/right sidewalls and a central reinforcing plate thereon respectively for retaining left/right roller ends and a linking shaft of a control member thereby, and a base board with a rectangular through hole precisely defined by the adjacent reinforcing support plate and one sidewall thereof. The fixing mount also has a pair of C-shaped engaging slots with lower openings disposed at the reinforcing support plate and one sidewall thereof to be registered with a pivoting rod of a retaining member thereby. The control member has a pair of cord passages symmetrically disposed at one side of the left/right roller ends thereon, and a pair of limiting stop rings of larger diameters protruding at one corresponding side of the two cord passages thereof. At the other side of the right roller end thereof is disposed an annular and toothed adjusting area made up of a plurality of abutting facets and curved sliding facets, and a pull cord hole for a pull cord to be led there-through and fixed thereto. Both sides of the pivoting rod of the retaini…

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