Patent ID: 6427750
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A display mounting apparatus comprising: first and second rollers rotatably mounted in spaced parallel relationship or a housing, a blind carried and wound by the rollers therebetween through a display area to locate a selected portion of the blind thereat; and driving means for rotating the rollers to cause winding movement of the blind; said driving means comprising first and second drive portions rotatable with said first and second rollers respectively, wherein said first and second drive portions are located at respective opposite sides of the rollers as seen from the display area, and a flexible elongate drive element that is terminated at one end at said first drive portion, is wound in a plurality of turns about said first drive portion and that is terminated at the other end at said second drive portion where it is wound in a plurality of turns about said second drive portion so as to be wound thereon when said drive element is wound off said first drive portion, said drive element having an intermediate section supported for lengthwise movement thereof in a predetermined path between the turns wound on said first and second portions, said predetermined path including a portion at which said intermediate section is manually actuable to apply a drive force to the rollers.