Patent ID: 6425432
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
A cord tilter with a four start gear, for use with a horizontal slatted blind that employs a head rail and a tilt rod comprising:a) a wheel gear having an integral line actuated split wheel, an integral shaft and a integral worm gear, the wheel gear disposed within the head rail, with the wheel adapted to receive a pair of lines through the head rail for rotating blind slats, b) a helical gear having a tilt rod bore therethrough intermeshing with and driven by the wheel gear to rotate blind slats through a tilt rod interface connection housed within the head rail, c) a housing surrounding the wheel gear and helical gear permitting the wheel gear and helical gear to rotate freely when lines wrapped around the split wheel are pulled downward to achieve a desired angular position of horizontal blind slats, and d) a cradle snapped into the housing for removably mounting the cord tilter in a head rail.