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sudanglo (عرض الملف الشخصي) 11 يوليو، 2011 11:22:50 ص
A slight tug and they would fly up, or if you wanted to lower the blind, you pulled on it so that it was down where you wanted, and on release it would stay in position.
Nowadays all of them seem to operate with a side winder chain.
I'm desperate to find the spring loaded mechanism to plug into the ends of the roller of a blind that I already have, whose tube has an internal diameter of 35mm.
I've searched the net and can find the desired mechanism for roller blinds of different tube dimensions (25mm seems popular) but not 35mm. I don't want to unroll the blind fabric and tape it to a new tube.
I therefore offer a small reward to anybody who can lead me to a supplier.
I'm thinking that during the clearance of old houses such a mechanism may surface, so this could be a source, even if they are no longer manufactured.
But my guess is that there is still a manufacturer out there somewhere who makes the mechanism for a 35mm tube.
This link shows the mechanism
erinja (عرض الملف الشخصي) 11 يوليو، 2011 1:55:45 م
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I'm not that old but I know exactly what you're talking about. My grandparents' old house, built in the late 80's, had blinds exactly as you describe.
You can still buy those new in the US. I'll look around but dimensions might be an issue. Our stuff is in inches, not millimeters.
I'm going to send you some links privately.
mnlg (عرض الملف الشخصي) 11 يوليو، 2011 2:02:49 م
erinja:Tying this back to Esperanto, who wants to translate "roller blinds" into Esperanto? Rulŝirmilo? Rulkurteno?According to my dictionary, rulŝutro. But I would still use "rulkurteno".
Miland (عرض الملف الشخصي) 11 يوليو، 2011 3:39:46 م
mnlg:..I would still use "rulkurteno".Wells has rulkurteno for "blind". However I must admit that rulŝutro looks more logical to me, since I think of "shutter" as something other than a "curtain", which to me is something made of cloth that hangs down in one piece, although rulŝirmilo looks OK to me.
mnlg (عرض الملف الشخصي) 11 يوليو، 2011 3:59:58 م
Miland:although rulŝirmilo looks OK to me.I would use rulŝirmilo for something whose primary function is to protect, not necessarily to block light. On the rest, I agree.
sudanglo (عرض الملف الشخصي) 11 يوليو، 2011 8:45:39 م
Rulŝutro might be better for the protection that you sometimes see in rougher urban locations that are lowered on the outside of shop windows.
1 inch 3/8 is pretty much spot on for 35 mm. Erinja has located a US supplier for me (thanks Erinja), but still looking to source from the UK.
NJ Esperantist (عرض الملف الشخصي) 12 يوليو، 2011 12:43:57 ص
sudanglo:When I was a lad if you went into a house with roller blinds at the windows, you always found them to operate in the same way.In our house the blinds were known to fly up without notice. This usually resulted in the whole roller coming off the 'hook', and the whole thing would fall.
A slight tug and they would fly up, or if you wanted to lower the blind, you pulled on it so that it was down where you wanted, and on release it would stay in position.
Nowadays all of them seem to operate with a side winder chain.
I'm desperate to find the spring loaded mechanism to plug into the ends of the roller of a blind that I already have, whose tube has an internal diameter of 35mm.
I've searched the net and can find the desired mechanism for roller blinds of different tube dimensions (25mm seems popular) but not 35mm. I don't want to unroll the blind fabric and tape it to a new tube.
I therefore offer a small reward to anybody who can lead me to a supplier.
I'm thinking that during the clearance of old houses such a mechanism may surface, so this could be a source, even if they are no longer manufactured.
But my guess is that there is still a manufacturer out there somewhere who makes the mechanism for a 35mm tube.
This link shows the mechanism
Fonto de granda frustriĝo por mia panjo.
sudanglo (عرض الملف الشخصي) 12 يوليو، 2011 9:18:10 ص
When you put them up for the first time, you need to give the spring a certain tension.
The easiest way to do this is to put them up with the fabric fully rolled up (by hand), then pull them down a little (this tensions the spring) and then lift them off, wind the fabric up by hand, and then re-install.
Anyway, is there a basic article on the form, action and mechanism of blinds in the Esperanto Wikipedia?
I can think of all sorts of vocab issues beyond just naming the blinds.
Round pin, flat pin, end plug, roller, bracket, fabric, side winder chain, slats, spring-loaded mechanism.
And of a more general nature, slight tug, fly up, pull down, release, wind, tape, stay in place.
NJ what happened to the blinds, that caused your mother such frustration? Did she throw them out, or store them in the loft?
NJ Esperantist (عرض الملف الشخصي) 12 يوليو، 2011 11:06:50 ص
sudanglo:They would usually work well for a few years, but after a time the little ratchet parts that hold the shade in position when down would wear out and slip. Admittedly they were the low cost vinyl ones, not cloth. If the flying up became too frequent they would just be replaced and the old one sent to the trash.
NJ what happened to the blinds, that caused your mother such frustration? Did she throw them out, or store them in the loft?
sudanglo (عرض الملف الشخصي) 12 يوليو، 2011 11:46:56 ص
NJ, we will have to see if my existing spring loaded roller blinds give any trouble after a few years. At the moment they operate as smoothly as a Rolls Royce.
I haven't taken the mechanism to pieces to look at the ratchet action. Any wear might be related to how quickly you allow them to fly up.
Since the mechanism just unplugs from the end of the roller, it would be easy to pop in a replacement. Maybe if I can find a source I should buy two, so that I have a spare to use.
By the way, I had no idea that such blinds were also a lethal weapon. I came across an article in my searches suggesting that young children could get strangled by the cord. What a grotesque image that conjures.