Patent ID: 6684928
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: E04F,E06B

Abstract:
An awning, in particular a sun room awning, comprisinga fabric-roll shaft (2) for retracting and extending an awning fabric (3); wherein an inward end of the awning fabric (3) is joined to the fabric-roll shaft (2) and an outward end of the awning fabric (3) to a drop-out bar (9), and the drop-out bar (9) is run in lateral guide rails (10); wherein elastic pull straps (15) act on the drop-out bar (9) on the side opposite the awning fabric (3), the pull straps (15) being deviated by a deflection pulley (16, 17) in the vicinity of the end of the guide rail (10) and reversed towards the fabric-roll shaft (2) and wound on the fabric-roll shaft (2) upon extension and unwinding of the awning fabric (3) and exercising tensile stress on the drop-out bar (9) and thus on the awning fabric (3); wherein unwinding the awning fabric (3) and winding up the pull straps (15) take place by an electric motor drive (19) of the fabric-roll shaft (2), and switchgear is provided, switching off the drive (19) of the fabric-roll shaft (2) upon complete extension; and wherein the switchgear (20) acts on the drive (19) of the fabric-roll shaft (2) for the drive (19) to be switched off only after maximum extension being exceeded and the awning fabric (3) being again wound up by a defined angular range in the original direction of extension (21).