Patent ID: 8505608
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: E05B,E05C,E06B

Abstract:
1. A reinforcing structure for a slide shutter comprising: a shutter curtain which is formed by connecting a plurality of vertically moving slats with each other, a pair of left and right guide rails for guiding the shutter curtain, a shutter case which is provided above the guide rails and which rolls up the shutter curtain and accommodates the shutter curtain therein, wherein the reinforcing structure includes a hollow long shutter reinforcing base material whose one end is rotatably mounted on an upper end of one of the pair of guide rails and whose other end is opened, a length-adjusting member which is inserted into the shutter reinforcing base material and which can extend therefrom and retract therein, a connecting member, which is rotatably connected to a tip end of the length-adjusting member and which is guided by the other one of the pair of guide rails, and a reversed L-shaped hook which is formed on a surface of the connecting member on a side of the shutter curtain and which is inserted, from above, into an annular engaging portion formed on one of the slats that is located on a lowermost side, and wherein the connecting member includes a fixing tool which can be fixed to a fixing hole formed in an installation surface of the slide shutter and which can be engaged with an engaging hole formed in the shutter case.