Patent ID: 8950464
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A47H

Abstract:
1. A panel curtain system ( 1 ), comprising a number of panels and a rail ( 2 ) for guiding the panels, a control cord ( 5 ) fastened endlessly to the panels, and at least one operating runner ( 10 ) which is adapted for guiding in the rail and which is provided with means for attaching to at least one of the panels and with means for fastening the control cord, characterized in that the panel curtain system comprises a motorized drive for the at least one control cord, the rail is provided with runner channels ( 20 ) for guiding runners ( 24 ) and with cord channels ( 21 ) for guiding of control cord ( 5 ), wherein the runner channels ( 20 ) and cord channels ( 21 ) lie adjacently of each other and that the operating runner ( 10 ) comprises a tensioning element ( 15 ) for tensioning the control cord in the situation of use of the panel curtain system, wherein the tensioning element ( 15 ) is adapted to receive one of the outer ends of the control cord in releasably clamping manner, wherein the operating runner ( 10 ) is provided with a central part ( 11 ) which is provided on one side with a guide element ( 15 ) adapted for guiding in one of the runner channels of the rail, this guide element ( 15 ) comprising the tensioning element, wherein the central part ( 11 ) is provided on the opposite side with at least one further guide element ( 12 , 13 ) which is adapted for guiding in one of the cord channels ( 21 ) of the rail and for passage of the control cord ( 5 ), wherein the tensioning element ( 15 ) comprises a recess ( 25 ) for receiving a first outer end ( 5 - 1 ) of the control cord, this recess being adapted to clamp the control cord, wherein the operating runner ( 10 ) is wholly received in the rail ( 2 ) with said recess ( 25 ) running adjacently of the longitudinal opening for the runners provided in said runner channel allowing the outer end ( 5 - 1 ) to protrude from the runner channel ( 20 ) making it accessible to a user.