Patent ID: 8613304

Claim:
A device for driving and turning the slats of a Venetian blind, comprising: a bearing housing, a winding spool for a carrier band, a turning mechanism for tilting the slats, an abutment flange for fixing an angular end position for the slats, an actuating element, which can be brought into operative connection to the turning mechanism by means of a lost motion mechanism, for arresting the slats in a working position during lowering of the Venetian blind, wherein at least the winding spool, the turning mechanism, the abutment flange, the actuating element and the lost motion mechanism are arranged in a common bearing housing, wherein the lost motion mechanism is arranged between the abutment flange and the winding spool, wherein the actuating element has a basic element and at least two engagement elements which are both arranged on the basic element, wherein a first engagement element is operatively connected or can be brought into operative connection to the turning mechanism and/or a second engagement element is operatively connected or can be brought into operative connection to the lost motion mechanism, wherein the actuating element, including the basic element and the at least two engagement elements, is embodied as a single object, wherein the actuating element is movable between a release position and an engagement position by converting a rotational movement of the drive shaft around its axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being along the length of the drive shaft, into a swiveling movement of the actuating element, and the swiveling movement of the actuating element including the entire actuating element and being about a swiveling axis, which swiveling axis is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft.