Patent ID: 6546943
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: A01G,E04H

Abstract:
An orchard tent folding structure comprising:a first support, and a second support separated from said first support by a predetermined distance, a pair of parallel steel cables fixed between the first support and the second support, a plurality of tubular members each having a notch extending on an underside along a longitudinal length thereof and safety hooks on an upperside of opposite ends thereof, each of the plurality of tubular members being slidably engaged below and between the pair of parallel steel cables by the safety hooks, each of the plurality of tubular members having a plastic bar engaged within the notch with a transparent plastic cloth engaged between each said plastic bar to form a shelter member, said first support having a rod member rotatable engaged thereon, said rod member having a power source to drive said rod member to rotate at a predetermined revolution, said rod member provided at two outer ends with a sprocket wheel mounted thereon to turn along with said rod member; a pair of slide wheels rotatably mounted on said second support respectively coplanar with said sprocket wheels, said sprocket wheels and said slide wheels being respectively linked by an endless member which has a chain section and a steel cable section, said chain section extending from a first end thereof from a bottom edge of said slide wheel toward said sprocket wheel so that a second end thereof engages with said sprocket wheel; wherein a first end of said shelter member is fixed at each said first end of said chain section, and a second end of said shelter member is fixed to each of said pair of steel cables.