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    公开号:NL2013255A
    申请号:NL2013255
    申请日:2014-07-24
    公开日:2015-02-10
    发明作者:Shui-Dong Wei
    申请人:Nien Made Entpr Co；
    IPC主号:
    专利说明:

    COUPLING MODULE OF WINDOW COVERING
    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a door or awindow, and more particularly to a covering device for adoor or a window, and a coupling module of the coveringdevice . 2. Description of Related Art [0002] Typically, there are many openings in a buildingfor people walking through, ventilation, or for light com¬ing into the building. Take an opening on the exteriorwall for example, a window usually is installed in theopening to open or close the opening, isolating heat, orshading. Except the window, a window covering should beinstalled in the opening. The conventional window coveringis firmly mounted on the wall besides the opening. Some¬time the window covering is needed to be cleaned. It isnot an easy job to take the covering off from the wallonce the window covering is mounted.
    BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
    [0003] In view of the above, the primary objective ofthe present invention is to provide a coupling module of awindow covering, which provides an easy way to install anduninstall the window covering.
    [0004] In order to achieve the objective of the presentinvention, a coupling module of a covering includes anelongated main member, a coupling device, and an adjustingunit. The elongated main member has an axial directionthrough opposite ends thereof and a radial direction per¬pendicular to the axial direction, and has a stop wall atone of the opposite ends thereof, wherein the stop wallhas a first stop surface. The coupling device is movablyconnected to the main member and has a second stop surface facing the first stop face of the main member. The adjust¬ing unit connecting to the coupling device to move thecoupling device between a first position and a second po¬sition, wherein the coupling device is moved in a direc¬tion parallel to the radial direction, and a distance be¬tween the first stop surface and the second stop surfacewhen the coupling device is at the first position isshorter than that between the first stop surface and thesecond stop surface when the coupling device is at thesecond position.
    [0005] In an embodiment, the main member has a hollow portion therein and a bore on the end thereof, and the bore is communicated with the hollow portion; the couplingdevice is received in the hollow portion of the main mem¬ber and has an acting portion extending out of the mainmember via the bore; the acting portion has the secondstop surface.
    [0006] In an embodiment, the main member includes a frame and a lid; the frame has the hollow portion, and thelid is connected to an end of the frame; the lid has a stop wall and the bore.
    [0007] In an embodiment, the frame has a lateral bore communicated with the hollow portion; the adjusting unithas an operating member and a connecting member; the con¬necting member is received in the hollow portion of the frame, and the operating member is outside the frame and connected to the connecting member through the lateralbore; the operating member is reciprocated in a directionparallel to the radial direction of the main member tomove the coupling device between the first position andthe second position.
    [0008] In an embodiment, the operating member has athrough hole; the connecting member has a tube and a lock¬er; the tube directly engages the coupling device, and thelocker has an end connected to the tube and an oppositeend engaging the through hole of the operating memberthrough the lateral bore.
    [0009] In an embodiment, the frame has an interior sur¬face and an exterior surface; the lateral bore is open atboth the interior surface and the exterior surface; theoperating member has a first plate and a second plate; thefirst plate is outside the frame, and the second plate isreceived in the hollow portion of the frame; the secondplate is connected to the first plate through the lateralbore; a length of the second plate is longer than a widthof the lateral bore and shorter than a length of the lat¬eral bore; the operating member is rotated related to thelocker to engage and disengage the second plate with thelateral bore.
    [0010] In an embodiment, the frame has an elongatedlateral bore communicated with the hollow portion; the ad¬justing unit has an operating member, a base, and a con¬necting member; the operating member is outside the frame,the base is received in the hollow portion of the frameand connected to the coupling device, and the connectingmember is received in the hollow portion of the frame andconnected to the operating member through the lateralbore; the base has an inclined face, and the inclined faceslopes toward the lid, so that a distance between the lat¬eral bore and the inclined face gradually increases in adirection toward the lid; the connecting member restsagainst the inclined face; the operating member is recip¬rocated along the lateral bore to move the coupling devicebetween the first position and the second position.
    [0011] In an embodiment, the base has a base frame anda cover; the connecting member is received in the baseframe, and the cover has the inclined face.
    [0012] In an embodiment, the operating member has athrough hole; the connecting member has a tube and a lock¬er; the tube directly engages the coupling device, and thelocker engages the through hole of the operating memberthrough the lateral hole; the tube has an inclined faceresting against the inclined face of the base.
    [0013] In an embodiment, the tube has a tubular member and a post connected to the tubular member; the locker hasa coupling bore to engage the post, and the tubular memberhas the inclined face.
    [0014] With such design, the window with the shadingmember has all the functions as described above, and fur¬thermore the shading member is able to be assembled ordisassembled in an easy way.
    BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
    [0015] The present invention will be best understood byreferring to the following detailed description of someillustrative embodiments in conjunction with the accompa¬nying drawings, in which [0016] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first pre¬ferred embodiment of the present invention; [0017] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the couplingmodule of the first preferred embodiment of the presentinvention; [0018] FIG. 3 is another perspective view of the cou¬pling module of the first preferred embodiment of the pre¬sent invention; [0019] FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the coupling mod¬ule of the first preferred embodiment of the present in¬vention; [0020] FIG. 5 is a right view of the coupling module ofthe first preferred embodiment of the present invention,showing the gear at the first position; [0021] FIG. 6 is a right view of the coupling module ofthe first preferred embodiment of the present invention,showing the gear at the second position; [0022] FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the couplingmodule of a second preferred embodiment of the present in¬vention; [0023] FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the coupling mod¬ule of the second preferred embodiment of the present in¬vention ; [0024] FIG. 9 is a top view of the coupling module of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention,showing the gear at the first position; and [0025] FIG. 10 is a right view of the coupling moduleof the second preferred embodiment of the present inven¬tion, showing the gear at the second position.
    DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
    [0026] As shown in FIG. 1, a covering, especially awindow covering 100, of the first preferred embodiment ofthe present invention includes two rails 10, a window cov¬ering blanket 20, and two coupling modules 30. The rails10 are vertical and parallel to each other, and fixed to acovering frame 200. The coupling modules 30 have oppositeends engaging the rails 10 respectively. The window cover¬ing blanket 20 is between the coupling modules 30, and hasits top and bottom ends connected to the coupling modules30 respectively. The coupling modules 30 are the same, soare the rails 10, we only discuss one coupling modules 30and one rails 10 hereafter.
    [0027] As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6, the rail 10 has afirst side 102 and a second side 104 at opposite. On thefirst side 102 a rack is provided. The coupling module 30has an elongated main member 32, two coupling devices 38,and two adjusting units 40. The main member 32 includes abar-like rectangular frame 34 and two lids 36. The frame34 has an axial direction and a radial direction, and theradial direction is perpendicular to the axial direction.The lids 36 respectively engage opposite ends of the frame34 in the axial direction. The window covering blanket 20is connected to the frame 34. The frame 34 has a hollowportion 342 therein, an exterior surface 344, and an inte¬rior surface 346. The frame 34 is provided with an elon¬gated lateral bore 348 adjacent to the end thereof, andthe lateral bore 348 is communicated with the hollow por¬tion 342. Each lid 36 has a stop wall 362 and an elongatedbore 364. The elongated bore 364 is parallel to the radialdirection. The stop wall 362 has a first stop portion 362a to rest against the second side 104 of the rail 10, andthe bore 364 is communicated with the hollow portion 342of the frame 34.
    [0028] The coupling devices 38 are received in the hol¬low portion 342 of the frame 34 and adjacent to oppositeends thereof respectively. Each coupling device 38 has abody 382 and an acting portion, which is a gear 384 in theembodiment, connected to the body 382. The gear 384 ex¬tends out of the frame 34 through the bore 364. Teeth ofthe gear 384 form a second stop portion 384a to engage therack on the first side 102 of the corresponding rail 10.In the frame 34 a shaft 46 is received and has oppositeends connected to the bodies 382 of the coupling devices38. The shaft 46 makes the gears 384 rotate simultaneouslyin order to move the main member 32 up and down along therails 10.
    [0029] The adjusting units 40 are provided to the frame34 and connected to the coupling devices 38 respectively.Each adjusting unit 40 includes an operating member 42 anda connecting member 44. The operating member 42 has afirst plate 422 and a second plate 424, the first plate422 is round, and has an inner side 422a facing the exte¬rior surface 344 of the frame 34. The first plate 422 isconnected to the second plate 424 through a post 428, sothat the first plate 422 is kept away from the secondplate 424 for a distance. The operating member 42 has athrough hole 426, which extends from the first plate 422,through the post 428, to the second plate 424. The secondplate 424 is received in the hollow portion 342 of theframe 34, the first plate 422 is outside the frame 34, andthe post 428 connects the second plate 424 to the firstplate 422 through the lateral bore 348 of the frame 34.
    [0030] The connecting member 44 includes a tube 442 anda locker 444. The tube 442 engages the body 382 of thecoupling device 38. The locker 444 has an end connected tothe tube 442, and the other end passing through the lat¬eral bore 348 to engage the through hole 426 of the oper¬ ating member 42. Thus the operating member 42 is moved ina direction parallel to the radial direction to move thecoupling device 38 so as to move the gear 384 between afirst position PI (FIG. 5) and a second position P2 (FIG.6). Precisely, the gear 384 is move in a direction paral¬lel to the radial direction, or the gear 384 is moved in adirection vertical to the first stop face 362a of the stopwall 362, toward the first stop face 362a and away fromthe first stop face 362a.
    [0031] As shown in FIG. 5, while the operating member42 is pressed (into the frame 34), the operating member 42pushes the tube 442 inward to move the gear 384 of thecoupling device 38 toward the stop wall 362 of the lid 36and arrive at the first position PI. At this time, thefirst stop surface 362a is kept a first distance LI fromthe second stop surface 384a, and the gear 384 and thestop wall 362 clamp the corresponding rail 10 while thegear 384 engages the rack of the rail 10. The couplingmodules 30 could be moved up and down along the rails 10to fold and unfold the window covering blanket 20. In ad¬dition, the operating member 42 is able to turn related tothe locker 444. A length of the second plate 424 is longerthan a width of the lateral bore 348 bit is shorter than alength of the lateral bore 348. The user may insert thesecond plate 424 into the lateral bore 348 to fit thelocker 444 to the through hole 426, and then turn the op¬erating member 42 for an angle to install the operatingmember 42, or uninstall the operating member 42 in a re¬verse way. When the second plate 424 abuts against the in¬terior surface 346 of the frame 34, the operating member42 is restricted from being moved outwardly. In thisstate, the window covering blanket 20 can be turned bymoving the elongated main member 32 along the rails 10.
    [0032] As shown in FIG. 6, while the operating member42 is pulled (out of the frame 34) , the operating member42 moves the tube 442 toward the lateral bore 348 so as tomove the gear 384 of the coupling device 38 away from the stop wall 362 and arrive at the second position P2. Atthis time, the first stop surface 362a is kept a seconddistance L2 from the second stop surface 384a, and thesecond distance L2 is longer than the first distance LI.As a result the gear 384 disengages the rack of the rail10. In such condition, the coupling modules 30 and thewindow covering blanket 20 are free to be taken off thecovering frame 200.
    [0033] In conclusion, the window covering blanket 20could be installed and uninstalled by pulling and pressingthe operating member 42 without any tool.
    [0034] FIG. 7 to FIG. 10 show a coupling module 50 ofthe second preferred embodiment, which is similar to thefirst embodiment, except that an adjusting unit 52 has anoperating member 54, a base 56 and a coupling device 58.The operating member 54 is outside the frame 34 and has athrough hole 542. The base 56 is received in the hollowportion 342 of the frame 34. The base 56 has a base frame562 and a cover 564. The cover 564 has two inclined faces564a facing the base frame 562. Each inclined face 564aslopes toward the lid 36, in other words, a distance be¬tween the lateral bore 348 of the frame 34 and each in¬clined face 564a gradually increases in a direction towardthe lid 36. The coupling device 58 is received in the baseframe 562 of the base 56 and has a tube 60 and a locker62. The tube 60 has a tubular member 602 and a post 604connected to the tubular member 602 in the radial direc¬tion. The tubular member 602 is provided with an inclinedface 602a on an outer surface thereof. The inclined face602a of the tube 60 rests against the inclined faces 564aof the cover 564. The tubular member 602 engages the body382 of the coupling device 38. The locker 62 has a cou¬pling bore 622 to engage the post 604. The locker 62 pass¬es through a slot 562a on the base 56 and the lateral bore348 of the frame 34 to engage the through hole 542 of theoperating member 54.
    [0035] With the design as described above, the gear 384 is moved between the first position PI and the second po¬sition P2 while the operating member 54 is reciprocated ina direction parallel to the axial direction. Precisely,the gear 384 is moved to the first position PI (FIG. 9) bymoving the operating member 54 toward the lid 36, andmoved to the second position P2 (FIG. 10) by moving theoperating member 54 in the opposite direction. While thegear 384 is moved to the first position PI (FIG. 9), thegear 384 is kept a first distance LI from the stop wall362, and it is a second distance L2 between the gear 384and the stop wall 362 while the gear 384 is moved to thesecond position P2 (FIG. 10). The second distance L2 islonger than the first distance LI. The gear 384 engagesthe rack of the rail 10 and clamps the rail 10 with thestop wall 362, and the coupling modules 50 are able tomove along the rails while the gear 384 is at the firstposition PI. The coupling modules 50 and the window cover¬ing blanket 20 are able to be taken off the rails 10 orinstalled onto the rails 10 while the gear 384 is at thesecond position P2.
    [0036] It must be pointed out that the embodiments de¬scribed above are only some preferred embodiments of thepresent invention. All equivalent structures which employthe concepts disclosed in this specification and the ap¬pended claims should fall within the scope of the presentinvention .
    权利要求:
    Claims (10)
    [1]
    CLAIMS 1. Coupling module of a covering device, comprising: an elongate main part which has an axial direction through opposite ends thereof, and a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction, provided with a stop wall at one of the opposite ends thereof, the stop wall has a first stop surface; a coupling device movably connected to the main part and provided with a second stop surface that is directed to the first stop surface of the main part; and an adjustment unit connected to the coupling device to move the coupling device between a first position and a second position, the coupling device being moved in a direction parallel to the radial direction and a distance between the first stop surface and the second stop surface stop surface when the coupling device is at the first position is shorter than that between the first stop surface and the second stop surface when the coupling device is at the second position.
    [2]
    The coupling module of claim 1, wherein the main part has a hollow portion therein and a bore at the end thereof, and the bore communicates with the hollow portion; wherein the coupling device is received in the hollow portion of the main part and has a working part extending from the main part via the bore; wherein the working portion has the second stop surface.
    [3]
    3. Coupling module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the main part is provided with a frame and a cover; wherein the frame has the hollow portion and the lid is connected to one end of the frame; wherein the lid has a stop wall and the bore.
    [4]
    The coupling module of claim 3, wherein the frame has a lateral bore communicating with the hollow portion; wherein the control unit has a working part and a connecting part; the connecting part being received in the hollow part of the frame and the working part being outside the frame and being connected to the connecting part through the lateral bore, the working part going back and forth in a direction parallel to the radial direction of the main part end to move the coupling device between the first position and the second position.
    [5]
    5. Coupling module according to claim 4, wherein the working part has a through hole; wherein the connecting part has a tube and a locking means; the tube engaging directly with the coupling device and the locking means having an end connected to the tube and an opposite end engaging the through hole of the working part through the lateral bore.
    [6]
    The coupling module of claim 5, wherein the frame has an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the lateral bore is open on both the inner surface and the outer surface; wherein the working part has a first plate and a second plate; wherein the first plate is outside the frame and the second plate is received in the hollow portion of the frame; wherein the second plate is connected to the first plate through the lateral bore; wherein a length of the second plate is longer than a width of the lateral bore and is shorter than a length of the lateral bore; wherein the working portion is rotated relative to the locking means to cause the second plate to interact with and disengage from the lateral bore.
    [7]
    The coupling module of claim 3, wherein the frame has an elongated lateral bore connected to the hollow portion; wherein the setting unit has a working part, a base and a connecting part; wherein the working part is outside the frame, the base being received in the hollow part of the frame and connected to the coupling device and the connecting part being received in the hollow part of the frame and connected to the working part through the lateral bore; the base having an inclined plane and the inclined plane inclined toward the lid such that a distance between the lateral bore and the inclined plane gradually increases in a direction toward the lid; the connecting part resting against the inclined surface, the working part moving back and forth along the lateral bore to move the coupling device between the first position and the second position.
    [8]
    8. Coupling module according to claim 7, wherein the base has a base frame and a lid, wherein the connecting part is included in the base frame and the lid has the sloping surface.
    [9]
    The coupling module of claim 7, wherein the working part has a through hole; wherein the connecting part has a tube and a locking means; the tube engaging directly with the coupling device, and the locking means engaging the through hole of the working part through the lateral hole; the tube having an inclined surface that rests against the inclined surface of the base.
    [10]
    The coupling module of claim 9, wherein the tube has a tubular member and a post connected to the tubular member; wherein the locking means has a coupling bore to engage with the post and the tubular member has the inclined surface.
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