DE102008063766A1 - awning - Google Patents

Abstract

Awning (1) with a cloth shaft (3) rotatably mounted in a housing (2), from which a cloth (4) can be unwound, the front end of which is fastened to an extension profile (5), wherein the cloth shaft (3) by means of a blanket shaft motor is driven by an electric motor, wherein the awning (1) one or more illumination means (11), wherein the awning (1) has a central control unit which is connected via lines at least with the cloth shaft motor and the illumination means (11), wherein the control unit with a phase of a power supply voltage is connected / connected, wherein by means of the control unit at least the blanket motor and the illumination means (11) are driven and the power supply at least the blanket shaft motor and the illumination means (11) by the control unit by the phase to the respective line is switched through, wherein the central control unit has a radio receiver z radio remote control and a circuit and actuation of at least the cloth shaft motor and / or the illumination means (11) by means of the radio remote control takes place / can take place.

Description

The The invention relates to an awning with a housing rotatably mounted cloth shaft, from a a towel is unwound, whose front end is attached to an extendable profile, wherein the cloth shaft by means of a cloth shaft motor electric motor is driven, wherein the awning one or more lighting means having.

such Awnings are known in which the fabric shaft by means of a tube motor is driven by an electric motor. Furthermore, awnings are known where lighting means are arranged. It is also known both the cloth shaft motor and the lighting device to operate by means of a radio remote control.

adversely is doing that for every single electrically operated Components a separate receiver for reception and processing the signals of a radio remote control must be provided. So has the awning on a first receiver and a control coupled to the first receiver for actuation of the cloth shaft motor, and further via a second receiver and a controller coupled to the second receiver to operate the lighting.

A disadvantage of the known awnings, therefore, is that several control units and actuators must be provided to operate a plurality of electrically operated components. So it is from the DE 199 47 961 A1 known to control by means of a control unit in each case a single motor and to operate, with a coupling of this plurality is provided by control units, resulting in a very high installation, circuit and control effort. It is thus for each electrically operated device to arrange a separate radio receiver and a separate control unit, which has a correspondingly high cost result.

The The object of the invention is called an awning of the input To develop such a way that the effort for equipment Effort the radio remote control and the control of the electric actuated components is reduced.

These Object is achieved by an awning solved according to claim 1. Advantageous developments The invention are specified in the subclaims.

So It is particularly advantageous in an awning with one in one Housing rotatably mounted fabric shaft from which a cloth unwindable, the front end attached to an extension profile is, wherein the cloth shaft by means of a cloth shaft motor electric motor is driven, wherein the awning one or more lighting means in that the awning has a central control unit, via lines at least with the cloth shaft motor and the lighting means is connected, wherein the control unit with connectable / connected to one phase of a current power supply is, wherein by means of the control unit at least the blanket shaft motor and the lighting means are controlled and the power supply at least of the cloth shaft motor and the illumination means The control unit takes place by moving the phase to the respective line is turned on, wherein the central control unit a radio receiver for receiving and processing signals from a radio remote control has and a circuit and actuation of at least the Cloth shaft motor and / or the lighting means by means of the radio remote control done / can take place.

It is thus one in the awning according to the invention only central control unit provided over which the Actuation and control of all electrical components, d. H. all electrically operated and electrically driven or electrically supplied components of the awning is done centrally. It is therefore no longer necessary for each individual engine to provide a separate circuit or control unit. Rather, it is a central control unit provided in the form of a black box, the in turn, with an electrical supply line of the house network is connected, d. H. with a single phase of an electric AC network is applied.

there the control unit has a radio receiver and a Actuation of the cloth shaft motor and / or the illumination means via a remote control of a radio remote control. It is therefore no longer as in the known solutions required for each individual remote-controllable component to arrange a separate radio receiver.

hereby a very comfortable overall solution is created, whereby It is no longer necessary to have different control units, different Radio receiver or even to use several handheld transmitters, but rather all are electrically operated Components of the awning via a single hand-held transmitter a radio remote control actuated and controllable.

This central control unit, in turn, is connected to the motors and lighting devices to be actuated and is able to switch through the applied electric phase accordingly, so that the cloth shaft is driven and the lighting means are switched on and off via the central control unit within the awning. As a result, the installation effort, the device complexity and the susceptibility to errors significantly reduced.

Prefers is arranged on or in the Ausfahrprofil a Volantwelle of which is a valance unwindable and wherein the valance shaft means a Volantwellenmotors is driven by an electric motor, wherein the control of the Volantwellenmotors by the central control unit takes place with the Volantwellenmotor via a line connected, wherein the circuit and operation of the Volantwellenmotors by means of the radio remote control / can be done.

Fabric spindle motor, Volant shaft motor, lighting means, further electrically operated Components such as radiant heaters as well as the central control unit of the Awnings can be prefabricated and prefabricated accordingly so that it is for the installation of the entire plant only necessary is the central control unit of the awning to be connected to a power supply line of the house network.

Preferably is the cloth shaft motor and / or the Volantwellenmotor by means of Control unit in the unwinding and winding direction switchable and operable, d. H. that the cloth shaft motor and / or the Volantwellenmotor by means of the control unit in both directions of movement switched and operated / are.

Especially this can easily be done by connecting it to the control unit adjacent phase of the electrical supply network as needed a line "unwinding" or a line "winding" of the Cloth shaft motor and / or the Volantwellenmotors is launched, d. H. that the phase is switched through to the corresponding line and thus a circuit and a supply of electrical Power of the motors is done. Depending on which line "unwinding" or "winding" of the tube motor and / or the Volantwellenmotors supplied with electrical voltage is, thus simultaneously takes place the control of the drive / Drives, d. H. the direction and duration of the motor / motor drive Engines.

Preferably are at or below or in the housing bottom one or more Illuminants arranged. In an arrangement in the housing bottom is meant that the illumination means in corresponding recesses or breakthroughs in the housing bottom of the awning are arranged. By an arrangement on or under or in the Caseback of the awning is a lighting of the room below the awning, regardless of the position of the extension profile possible.

alternative or cumulative can be on or in the exit profile be arranged a plurality of illumination means.

It This makes it very comfortable and visually pleasing Arrangements of lighting means are made possible to illuminate the room under the awning in the evenings, because such awning not only for shading the room below the awning in sunlight, but also as rain cover, roofing or the like can be used.

Preferably are several lighting means independent of each other can be controlled and switched by means of the control unit, d. H. that the lighting means independently by means of the control unit be controlled and switched, more preferably using a remote control transmitter.

hereby can be any switching states in the arrangement be generated by a plurality of lighting means.

In In a particularly preferred embodiment, means provided by means of which, so that one or more lighting means can be dimmed, d. H. that the brightness of the lighting is adjustable by means of a dimmer. Alternative or cumulative may be a phase control or a phase control done to the heating power of one or more radiant heaters, like infrared heaters, to adjust. Particularly preferred is the Dimming of lighting equipment and / or adjustment of heating power of radiant heaters by means of a remote control of a radio remote control adjustable.

Preferably can by means of the control unit the phase to one or more more Lines are switched through for actuation and switching further auxiliary devices, in particular radiant heater and in particular for supplying such auxiliary devices with electrical energy.

Preferably can switch the phase to one or more more Lines also by operating a remote control be controlled and switched a radio remote control. Especially Preferably, it is also provided that a phase control or a phase section control can be performed, i. H. that z. B. in a radiant heater, the heating power is adjustable. Especially This is preferably also done by means of a hand-held transmitter Radio remote control.

Alternatively or cumulatively, such a radiant heater may itself have an integrated control of the heating power, wherein a setting using a remote control radio transmitter operation is carried out such that the central control unit receives and processes the remote control signals, and modulates the corresponding signals for the radiant heater on the supply line to the radiant heater, and are provided in the radiant heater means for decoding the modulated signals and for setting the predetermined heating power.

Prefers is the radio receiver of the control unit for receiving and for processing signals of the radio remote control on a plurality of Radio channels are set up, each of the radio channels for controlling and actuating one with the control unit connected and supplied by this with electrical energy consumers is used, in particular for controlling and operating the Cloth shaft motor and / or the lighting means and / or a Volantwellenmotors and / or one or more radiant heaters.

It Thus, preferably a radio remote control is used which is suitable and configured to receive remote control signals on a plurality of Radio channels to transmit, each with a radio channel for transmitting the control commands for controlling a certain component of the awning is used, such as cloth wave motor, Volant shaft motor, parts of the lighting means or all lighting means, Radiant heaters and other electrically operated and operated Components.

• – Tuch abwickeln (d. h. Markise ausfahren, Tuchwellenmotor in Ausfahrrichtung betätigen)
• – Tuch aufwickeln (d. h. Markise einfahren, Tuchwellenmotor in Einfahrrichtung betätigen)
• – Volant abwickeln (d. h. Volant ausfahren, Volantwellenmotor in Ausfahrrichtung betätigen)
• – Volant aufwickeln (d. h. Volant einfahren, Volantwellenmotor in Einfahrrichtung betätigen)
• – Beleuchtung ein/aus
• – Beleuchtung dimmen (mittels Phasenanschnittsteuerung, Phasenabschnittsteuerung)
• – Heizstrahler ein/aus
• – Heizleistung regeln (mittels Phasenanschnittsteuerung, Phasenabschnittsteuerung)

The central control unit in turn has a radio receiver adapted to receive the remote control signals on this plurality of radio channels, process them accordingly and forward them to the central control unit. The central control unit, in turn, according to the received radio remote control commands or signals, effects the switching of the supply lines by correspondingly switching on the phase of the electrical coverage network. The lines to be switched by the control unit and to be supplied with electrical power are in particular:

• - Unwind the cloth (ie extend the awning, press the cloth shaft motor in the extension direction)
• - Wind up the cloth (ie move in the awning, press the cloth shaft motor in the retraction direction)
• - Unwind the valance (ie extend the valance, actuate the volute shaft motor in the extension direction)
• - Wind up the valance (ie drive in the valance, actuate the volute shaft motor in the retraction direction)
• - Lighting on / off
• - dim lighting (by means of phase control, phase control)
• - Heater on / off
• - regulate heating power (by means of phase control, phase control)

The Power electronics are preferably on a thermally conductive Plate arranged to dissipate the heat generated. In particular, the electronics carrier or the plate Cooling ribs for heat dissipation and / or heat dissipation to the environment. The power electronics are on the electronics carrier or on the plate, preferably in thermally conductive contact disposed

Preferably is the control unit of the awning with a bus system of a building connectable / connected.

hereby is a integration of the system in a bus system for programming and / or for activation and / or feedback of settings and switching states possible.

Preferably a radio remote control is bidirectional, so that switching states such as "light on" or "light off "," Completely retracted "or" Complete extended "," driving in "or" driving off "," heating power 30% "or the like can be transmitted to a remote control transmitter and displayed in a display field of the hand-held transmitter can.

One Embodiment of the invention is shown in the figure and will be explained below.

The figure shows an awning according to the invention 1 on average. The awning 1 has a housing 2 on. In the case 2 is a cloth wave 3 rotatably mounted, from which the cloth 4 whose front end is on the extension profile 5 is attached, in the extension direction of the arrow 6 unwound.

The cloth wave 3 is driven by an electric motor by means of a not visible in the sectional view of the electric motor.

In the extension profile 5 is rotatably mounted a volant shaft 7 on which a valance 8th is wound up. The Volantwelle 7 in the extension profile 5 is driven by means of a not visible in the sectional view of the electric motor. The front end of the valance 8th is on a profile 9 mounted, which when operating the Volantwellenmotors vertically downwards in the direction of the arrow 10 extends so that at the front end of the awning 1 a vertical shading by the valance 8th is extendable.

In the cloth shaft motor for driving the cloth shaft 3 and the Volantwellenmotor for driving the Volantwelle 7 These are tubular motors that are in the respective driven shaft 3 . 7 are arranged.

At the bottom of the case 2 the awning 1 are arranged lighting means 11 , at the lighting means 11 of which one is visible in the sectional view, it concerns several in a flight one after the other over the entire width of the awning arranged halogen lamps 11 as indicated by the light rays on the lower side of the radiator 11 is indicated.

The awning 1 thus has several electrically operated components in the form of the drive of the roller tube 3 , the drive of the Volantwelle 7 and the lamps 11 ,

The awning 1 is via mounting brackets 12 attachable to a building in which the housing 2 in appropriate shots on the mounting bracket 12 is hung and fixed.

The awning 1 has a not visible in the sectional view central control unit. The central control unit is equipped with a radio receiver and is suitable for receiving and processing signals from a remote control transmitter.

The control unit is connected to a phase of the electrical supply network of the building to which the awning 1 over the console 12 is attached, connected and charged.

By means of the central control unit, a control of the cloth shaft motor for actuating the cloth shaft 3 in the extension direction 6 and vice versa. When extending the awning fabric 4 Clamping takes place in that the extension profile 5 via spring-loaded articulated arms 13 is spanned. The cloth shaft motor is both actuated via the central control unit and supplied with electrical energy.

The transmission the remote control commands to control the cloth shaft motor via a first radio channel.

The Volantwelle 7 , which have a Volantwellenmotor in the extension direction 10 and vice versa driven in the retraction direction is also supplied and switched via the central control unit with power. The control also takes place here by means of the remote control remote control.

The transmission the remote control commands for controlling the Volantwellenmotors takes place via a second radio channel.

Also powered by the central control unit with power and switched the light emitters 11 at the bottom of the case 2 the awning 1 , The transmission of the remote control commands to control the lighting device 11 via a third radio channel.

The radio remote control, ie the hand-held transmitter is accordingly suitable for transmitting remote control signals and commands on a plurality of radio channels. One channel each is used to actuate and control a particular electrically operated component 3 . 7 . 11 the awning 1 used. The radio receiving module of the central control unit is adapted to receiving and processing the signals transmitted on these different radio channels.

To retract the awning, the cloth shaft motor of the fabric shaft 3 in the retraction direction opposite to the arrow 6 pressed, leaving the awning cloth 4 on the cloth shaft 3 is wound and the extension profile 5 against the Ausstellkraft of the articulated arms 13 is retracted.

In the sectional view shown in the figure, the extension profile 5 as well as the extension profile 9 of the valance completely retracted.

All electrical components, ie the cloth shaft motor for driving the cloth shaft 3 , as well as the Volantwellenmotor for driving the Volantwelle 7 , as well as the electric lamps 11 are controlled and supplied with power via the central control unit, in which the phase connected to the central control unit phase is switched according to the respective operation on the respective lines.

The central control unit of the awning 1 is in the case 2 integrated and thereby protected from the weather. To install it only requires the connection of the central control unit to an electrical supply line of the power grid. The radio receiver is part of the central control unit.

At the central control unit also several radiant heaters can be connected, each via a further radio channel by means of radio remote control are controllable.

The control unit has a power electronics, by means of which a phase control can be done to the lamps 11 to dim and to regulate the heating power of the radiant heater. The phase control can be controlled via the remote control of the remote control using the respective radio channel, ie the dimming of the lighting and / or the adjustment of the desired heating power by means of remote control.

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Cited patent literature

• DE 19947961 A1 [0004]

Claims (10)

Awning ( 1 ) with one in a housing ( 2 ) rotatably mounted cloth shaft ( 3 ), from which a cloth ( 4 ) is unwound, the front end of an extension profile ( 5 ), wherein the cloth shaft ( 3 ) is driven by an electric motor motor by means of a tube motor, wherein the awning ( 1 ) one or more illumination means ( 11 ), characterized in that the awning ( 1 ) has a central control unit, which via lines at least with the cloth shaft motor and the illumination means ( 11 ), wherein the control unit is connectable / connected to a phase of a power supply, wherein by means of the control unit at least the blanket motor and the illumination means ( 11 ) and the power supply at least of the cloth shaft motor and the lighting means ( 11 ) is performed by the control unit by the phase is switched to the respective line, wherein the central control unit has a radio receiver for receiving and processing of signals of a radio remote control and a circuit and operation of at least the cloth shaft motor and / or the illumination means ( 11 ) by means of the radio remote control / can be done. Awning ( 1 ) according to claim 1, characterized in that on or in the Ausfahrprofil ( 5 ) a Volantwelle ( 7 ), from which a valance ( 8th ) and the valance shaft ( 7 ) is driven by an electric motor driven by a Volantwellenmotors, wherein the control of the Volantwellenmotors carried by the central control unit, which is connected to the Volantwellenmotor via a line, wherein the circuit and operation of the Volantwellenmotors done / can be done by means of the radio remote control Awning ( 1 ) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the cloth shaft motor and / or the Volantwellenmotor means of the radio remote control via the central control unit in the unwinding ( 6 . 10 ) and in the winding direction switchable and actuated is / are / connected and operated / are. Awning ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at or below or in the housing bottom one or more illumination means ( 11 ) are arranged. Awning ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on or in the Ausfahrprofil ( 5 ) One or more lighting means are arranged. Awning ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a plurality of illumination means ( 11 ) are independently controllable and switchable by means of the radio remote control via the control unit / are activated and switched. Awning ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control unit comprises means by means of which a phase control or a phase control can be carried out, so that one or more illumination means ( 11 ) and the brightness of the illuminants ( 11 ) is adjustable and / or the heating power of one or more radiant heater is adjustable, in particular by means of the radio remote control is adjustable. Awning ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that by means of the control unit, the phase can be switched through to one or more further lines for the actuation, switching and supply of a plurality of electrically operated consumers and / or ancillary equipment, in particular radiant heater. Awning ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the radio receiver of the control unit for receiving and processing signals of the radio remote control is set up on a plurality of radio channels, each of the radio channels for driving and operating a connected to the control unit and from this with electrical Energy supplied consumers is used, in particular for driving and operating the cloth shaft motor and / or the illumination means and / or a Volantwellenmotors and / or one or more radiant heaters. Awning ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the central control unit of the awning ( 1 ) is connectable / connected to a bus system of a building.