Patent ID: 6401794
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A47H

Abstract:
A flexible partition for dividing a room, wherein the room includes a ceiling, a floor, and vertical side limiting means, defining a vertical planar area, comprising:a flexible curtain having dimensions to cover the vertical planar area and including a top edge, a bottom edge touching the floor when the curtain is fully deployed, and side edges in contact with the respective vertical side limiting means; means for suspending the curtain from a structure supporting the ceiling; an elongated cylinder extending from one side edge of the curtain to the other, connected to the curtain and dividing the curtain into upper and lower portions; motor means located within the cylinder at least at one side edge of the curtain; rotary drive means driven by the motor means and connected to the cylinder; torque reacting means provided adjacent to the one side edge of the curtain and associated with the motor means to resist rotation of the motor means with the cylinder in response to rotation of the rotary drive means; and at least the lower portion of the curtain including two flexible curtain panels connected to a periphery of the cylinder at first and second axial lines thereon, the two curtain panels being spaced apart from each other and extending in a parallel relationship in the fully deployed condition for a better acoustic insulation, the entire curtain being wound up on the cylinder when it is required to roll up the curtain.