Patent ID: 6189596
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
An improved structure of a driving mechanism for venetian blinds having a frame body and a fixing seat being mounted thereto, wherein the center region of the top section of the lateral walls of the fixing seat is pivotally mounted with a blind slat control element driven by a control shaft; a pulling cord is mounted to the blind slat control element and is used to actuate respectively a main cord of the pulling cord; the main cords located at the lateral sides of the pulling cord pass through a pulling cord hole at the bottom section of the fixing seat; a clipping cord is provided in between the main cords to hold a blind slat; a suspension cord having one end passes through a suspension cord hole at the bottom section of the fixing seat; a bore is provided to the blind slat for the passage of the suspension cord; and a base slat is provided at the lower section of the blind slat and is combined with the ends of the suspension cord and the pulling cord to form as a unit; a fixing seat is substantially a U-shaped structure having a first slot and a second slot, located closely to the bottom section, at the two lateral side walls thereof, the first slot is for the passage of the suspension cord and the second slot is employed to reduce the material used, at the center of the top section of the two lateral side walls, a positioning slot is provided, and at the bottom section of the seat, the pulling cord hole for the passage of the pulling cord and the suspension cord hole for the passage of the suspension cord are respectively provided; a shaft seat is provided to the suspension hole, and a positioning slot is used to pivotally fix a positioning end at the two ends of a guide shaft; a slat control element is provided with a cord mounting slot to mount a fixing section located at the top section of the main cord, and the center of the element is provided with a through section with polygonal shape for the passage of the control shaft, the driving mechanism is characterized in that the rear terminal edge of the lateral side wall of the fixing seat is extended to connect with an one-piece reinforcement section such that the fixing seat, the lateral side walls and the bottom section are integrally formed into a whole structure; at the lateral side wall of the fixing seat, located closely to the bottom section thereof, an elongated cord-fixing hole is provided to facilitate the combination with and positioning of the fixing section of the suspension cord; a cord-winding peg is provided to the center of the hole located at the base slat for the passage of the suspension cord so as to suspend the slat; the positioning slot at the top section of the lateral wall of the fixing seat is semi-circular shape having a top opening end being formed into an opened guide slot, which is wider at the top thereof and is narrower at the bottom thereof, the guide slot is formed together with the positioning slot as a pointed blocking section, the external diameter end of the through section of the blind slat control element is correspondingly mounted with a cylindrical-shaped positioning section, and the positioning section of the control element passes through the end section of the fixing seat and extended to form an engaging section such that the control element is exactly positioned onto the fixing seat; and the top section of the two lateral walls of the fixings seat, corresponding to the engaging edge of the main body, are provided with four groups of engaging ends, so as to obtain the effectiveness of the 4-points engagement positioning.