Window blinds mechanism
View Patent ↗Window blinds include a blinds member, a rope reel, and at least two dampers. The rope reel has a bottom casing, a first rolling wheel, a second rolling wheel, a plurality of planetary gears, a top casing, a driving wheel, and an upper cover. The driving gear of the first rolling wheel is engaged with the driving wheel through the planetary gears. Because of the high reduction ratio of the planetary gears, the spring rate of the scroll spring can be reduced, which reduces the length and volume of the scroll spring. This not only helps to reduce the cost of the scroll spring, but also allows flexibility in choosing the number of scroll springs based on curtain material volume.
1 . A window blinds mechanism comprising:
a blinds member having an upper track and a plurality of blinds connected by at least two ropes and the upper track;
a rope reel installed in the upper track of the blinds member and comprising a bottom casing, a first rolling wheel, a second rolling wheel, a top casing, a driving wheel, and an upper cover;
wherein the bottom casing has a first spindle and a second spindle respectively for positioning the first and the second rolling wheel; the first and the second rolling wheel respectively having at least one holding space for securing one end of the at least two ropes, and the first and the second rolling wheels also respectively having a chainring engaging with each other; the first rolling wheel further having a driving gear at an axial top end thereof; the top casing and the bottom casing assembled together to limit the first and the second rolling wheels between the bottom casing and the top casing; the top casing has a planetary gear holder, and at least two fixed shafts are at two opposite sides of the planetary gear holder, the planetary gear holder having a through hole for accepting the driving gear, and the planetary gear holder has a plurality of planetary gears engaging with the driving gear around the through hole;
the driving wheel has a sleeve hole with inner ring teeth jacketing onto the planetary gear holder and engaging with the planetary gears, two sides of the driving wheel respectively wrapped by at least two scroll springs, and the at least two scroll springs are each assembled onto the two fixed shafts via a rotator, the upper cover covering the driving wheel and the at least two scroll springs and fastened to the top casing;
at least two dampers each having a first main body, a second main body and a limiting member; the first main body has an assembly space and an exit hole connected to the assembly space at a bottom thereof; the second main body has a hollow portion and an entering hole connected to the hollow portion, the hollow portion having a first guide wheel adjacent to the entering hole and a first guide rod disposed lower than the first guide wheel and adjacent to another end of the second main body; the limiting member passes through the hollow portion of the second main body and is rotatably positioned by a pivot axis, and one end of the limiting member engages with a second guide wheel via the pivot axis and another end is installed with a third guide wheel; the limiting member further has an engaging slot between the second and the third guide wheels and above the first guide rod, the limiting member capable of swinging in the hollow portion using the pivot axis; the second main body is assembled in the assembly space of the first main body with the limiting member, the end with the entering hole of the second main body protruding from a side of the first main body, and a lower end of the second main body connected to the exit hole;
another end of the at least two ropes passes through the respective entering hole, passes above the first guide wheel, passes under the third guide wheel, passes above the first guide rod, passes under the second guide wheel, passes above the second and the third guide wheels, and then passes down through the respective exit hole; the at least two dampers are installed in the upper track and along two sides of the rope reel, and another end of the at least two ropes is connected to the plurality of blinds.
2 . The window blinds mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first end and a second end of the bottom casing have an opening and at least one guiding pulley, the top casing further has two curved guards adjacent to each fixed shaft, and the curved guards are configured to protect each scroll spring.
3 . The window blinds mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first main body of the damper has a blinds controller connected to the blinds for adjusting angles of the blinds via rotation.
4 . The window blinds mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the assembly space of the first main body further has a plurality of pairs of fastening portions and two limiting recesses at a bottom, both sides of the second main body respectively having a limiting protrusion disposed at a lower end, the two limiting protrusions engaging with the two limiting recesses to limit a position of the second main body in the assembly space, and the fastening portions secure the second main body.
5 . The window blinds mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and the second rolling wheels of the rope reel respectively have two holding spaces at a top and a bottom for securing one end of the at least the two ropes, such that four ropes employ four dampers; the second main body of each damper has a second guide rod opposite the entering hole; the second guide rod is disposed higher than the first guide wheel, and two of the ropes pass through the entering holes of two of the dampers and are lifted by the second guide rod to avoid the first guide wheel to combine four ropes together to connect to the blinds.
6 . The window blinds mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the planetary gear holder has a plurality of axial rods around the through hole for respectively inserting into the planetary gears, the upper cover has a protruding base at a bottom, the protruding base has at least two snap-on convex shafts at opposite sides, a limiting through hole at a center, and a plurality of through holes around the limiting through hole; the protruding base faces the sleeve hole of the driving wheel, the limiting through hole jackets and limits a top end of the driving gear, each of the through holes is passed through each of the axial rods, and the two snap-on convex shafts are respectively inserted into the rotators.