(19)
(11) EP 1 403 462 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/14

(21) Application number: 03021679.0

(22) Date of filing: 29.09.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7E06B 7/086
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 30.09.2002 JP 2002285550

(71) Applicant: Oiles Eco Corporation
Tokyo 108-0014 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ohishi, Mamoru
    Ritto-shi Shiga 520-3041 (JP)
  • Matsumoto, Koji
    Ritto-shi Shiga 520-3041 (JP)
  • Nakajima, Hironari
    Fujisawa-shi Kanagawa 252-0811 (JP)

(74) Representative: Sajda, Wolf E., Dipl.-Phys. et al
MEISSNER, BOLTE & PARTNER Widenmayerstrasse 48
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Blind apparatus


(57) A window blind apparatus (1) includes a pair of vertical frames (2,3); one link mechanism (4); another link mechanism (5) juxtaposed to the one link mechanism (4); a plurality of slat supporting mechanisms (8) each having one end portion (6) connected to the one link mechanism (4) and the other end portion (7) connected to the another link mechanism (5); a plurality of slats (9) supported by the respective slat supporting mechanisms (8) and juxtaposed in an opening (P) between the vertical frames (2,3); a raising and lowering mechanism (10) for raising and lowering the slats (9); and a tilting mechanism (11) for tilting the respective slats (9) by causing the link mechanisms (4,5) to undergo relative changes in their vertical positions as the slats (9) are raised or lowered by the raising and lowering mechanism (10).







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