Patent ID: 7367377

Claim:
A Venetian blind, comprising: a headrail; a drive shaft rotatably mounted on the headrail; at least one pull cord movable by rotation of the drive shaft; a winding device mounted on the headrail and connected to the at least one pull cord to move the at least one pull cord; the winding device including at least one support seat secured to the headrail to correspond to a position of the at least one pull cord and having an inside formed with a through hole and a side formed with a guide hole located adjacent to the through bole, and at least one slide bushing mounted on the drive shaft to rotate therewith and pivotally mounted in the through hole of the at least one support seat; wherein: the at least one pull cord has a distal end extended through the headrail and the guide hole of the at least one support seat and secured to the at least one slide bushing to rotate therewith; the at least one slide bushing is rotatable with the drive shaft to wind the at least one pull cord so that the at least one pull cord is wound around a surface of the at least one slide bushing; when the at least one pull cord is introduced from the guide hole of the at least one support seat, the at least one pull cord is wound around the surface of the at least one slide bushing serially and successively; the wound pull cord pushes the at least one slide bushing to move relative to the at least one support seat during rotation of the at least one slide bushing, so that the at least one pull cord is wound around the surface of the at least one slide bushing smoothly by movement of the at least one slide bushing; the distance between the through hole and the guide hole of the at least one support seat is smaller than or equal to half of the diameter of the at least one pull cord.