Granted Patent B2

US 12,366,115 · App. 17/924,431 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Inventors: Steven Vanhoutte (Deerlijk, BE); Sofie Rumbaut (Ghent, BE); Jonas Maertens (Ghent, BE); Maxim Solomaniuck (Ouwegem, BE); Michiel Desplenter (Waregem, BE); John Meinster (Gentbrugge, BE)

Assignee: RENSON NV

E06B9/44E06B9/50

Abstract

Claims (36)

1. A system for mounting a rollable screen, comprising:

a screen roll adapted to roll-up and unroll said screen through rotation about an axial direction, and comprising an end having a hollow tube;

a coupling piece comprising:

a neck element, comprising a sleeve adapted to be positioned in the axial direction inside said tube,

wherein contact surfaces comprised in said sleeve contact said tube, and

wherein recess surfaces comprised in said sleeve define axial channels between said neck element and said tube;

a transitional element fixedly connected to said neck element, adapted to support said screen roll during said rolling-up or unrolling,

one or multiple anchoring elements, adapted to fasten said neck element detachably to said tube,

wherein in an anchored state said anchoring elements are clamped inside said axial channels, with an even clamping along the axial direction.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said neck element is adapted to be positioned in the axial direction inside said tube and said neck element is hereby clamped in said tube through said contact surfaces.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said recess surfaces are continuous in the axial direction over a distance equal to the distance of said neck element in the axial direction and said recess surfaces have substantially the same cross section over an entire length of each recess surface in the axial direction.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said anchoring elements have a length at least equal to the length of said neck element in the axial direction.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said system comprises at least two anchoring elements.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said neck element comprises contact ribs, which comprise said contact surfaces, and

wherein said contact surfaces are elongated and are continuous in the axial direction over a distance at least equal to the length of said recess surfaces in the axial direction.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said recess surfaces and said contact surfaces are distributed over the circumference of said sleeve according to an alternating pattern of one or multiple of said recess surfaces and one or multiple of said contact surfaces.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said transitional element comprises a support surface adapted to contact in said anchored state a transverse end of said tube, and

wherein said transitional element comprises one or multiple openings which in positioned state give access to said axial channels.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein at least in certain cross sections of said neck element, reinforcing material is present inside said sleeve, adapted to increase radial stiffness of said neck element.

10. The system according to claim 9 , wherein said reinforcing material is continuous in the axial direction, over a distance at least equal to the length of said recess surfaces in the axial direction.

11. The system according to claim 9 , wherein said reinforcing material consists of reinforcing ribs, which in said certain cross sections form a radial connection between said sleeve and a central element within said cross sections.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein said radial connection is formed at least for a number of said reinforcing ribs between one of said recess surfaces and said central element or between one of said contact surfaces and said central element.

13. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said anchoring elements have a profile, wherein said recess surfaces and/or said tube corresponding to an imprint of said profile are plastically deformed when said anchoring elements are in an anchored state.

14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein each of said anchoring elements comprise a screw thread.

15. A method for mounting a rollable screen, comprising:

providing a screen roll adapted to roll-up and unroll said screen through rotation about an axial direction, and comprising an end having a hollow tube;

providing a coupling piece comprising:

a neck element comprising a sleeve, and

a transitional element fixedly connected to said neck element;

providing one or multiple anchoring elements;

positioning said sleeve in the axial direction inside said tube,

wherein contact surfaces comprised in said sleeve contact said tube, and

wherein recess surfaces comprised in said sleeve define axial channels between said neck element and said tube;

fastening said neck element detachably to said tube by means of said anchoring elements,

wherein said anchoring elements are clamped inside said axial channels, with an even clamping along the axial direction;

supporting said screen roll by means of said transitional element.

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