EP 1122378 A1 20010808 - Awning assembly and control system
Title (en)
Awning assembly and control system
Title (de)
Markise und Steuerungssystem
Title (fr)
Marquise et système de commande
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 01300816 A 20010130
- EP 00200304 A 20000131
Abstract (en)
This invention relates to a retractable and extendable awning and a control system for automatically extending and retracting the awning. In a retractable fabric awning a front of the awning fabric is attached to a movable front bar, movably mounted at the wall of a building by retractable arms. The rear of the fabric is unrolled from a roll of the fabric on the building wall when the arms move the front bar away from the building. The awning features a weather sensor unit on its front bar. The weather sensor unit can detect excessive wind and mechanical shocks and also sunlight and rain. The sensor is in wireless (via radio frequency) communication with an indoor control unit which can automatically retract the front bar during windy, rainy and/or low sunlight conditions and extend the front bar during calm and sunny conditions. The awning also features specific mechanical improvements in the support brackets for the retractable arms and in the retractable arms, themselves. In particular, each support bracket has a screw spindle (for adjusting the angle of extension of the fabric awning from a building) with a resilient inner bushing that cushions mechanical shocks to the awning. Glued-in arm ends allow adhesive to be introduced into the arm ends after assembly of the arms. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
E04F 10/06 (2006.01); E06B 9/68 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
E04F 10/0659 (2013.01); E04F 10/0618 (2013.01); E04F 10/0637 (2013.01); E04F 10/0674 (2013.01); E04F 10/0688 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2476 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6818 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
- US 1075385 A 19131014 - SMITH HENRY [US]
- US 1804550 A 19310512 - HARRY BRANCH
- GB 1175723 A 19691223 - BRETSCHER & CO [CH]
- GB 2042058 A 19800917 - LOOS ERNST EISENWAREN
- EP 0084076 A1 19830727 - ALUXOR MARKISEN GMBH [DE]
- EP 0125727 A1 19841121 - MADO NEDERLAND [NL]
- EP 0489186 A1 19920610 - SCHMITZ WERKE [DE]
- EP 0795660 A1 19970917 - ARQUATI SPA [IT]
- DE 4023673 A1 19920206 - VEDDER GMBH GEB [DE]
- DE 4407342 A1 19941103 - RADEMACHER WILHELM [DE]
Citation (search report)
- [XY] DE 4407342 A1 19941103 - RADEMACHER WILHELM [DE]
- [Y] DE 4106033 A1 19920903 - WAREMA RENKHOFF GMBH & CO KG [DE]
- [Y] DE 19825017 C1 19990923 - MUELLER HERMANN FRANK [DE]
Citation (examination)
- DE 4023673 A1 19920206 - VEDDER GMBH GEB [DE]
- JP H0291348 A 19900330 - BUNKA SHUTTER, et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 01300816 A 20010130