Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130020033 | WIRE SUPPORTS, MOVABLE PARTITION SYSTEMS INCLUDING SUCH WIRE SUPPORTS, AND RELATED METHODS - Wire supports for use with a movable partition system comprise a cantilever member configured for connection to a panel of a movable partition. A wire-supporting member through which wire may be inserted is rotatably connected to the cantilever member. Movable partition systems comprise a movable partition comprising at least two sheets of panels extending at least substantially parallel to one another and laterally distanced from one another to define an interior space between the at least two sheets of panels. At least one wire support disposed in the interior space between a proximal end and a distal end of the at least two movable partitions comprises a cantilever member secured to at least one panel of one of the movable partitions and a wire-supporting member rotatably connected to the cantilever member at least partially supporting at least one wire inserted through the wire-supporting member. | 01-24-2013 |
20130091775 | CHAIN TENSIONERS FOR MOVABLE PARTITION SYSTEMS, MOVABLE PARTITION SYSTEMS INCLUDING SUCH CHAIN TENSIONERS, AND RELATED METHODS - Chain tensioner devices for use with movable partition systems include endplates configured to be mounted on opposing sides or ends of a movable partition. At least one of the endplates includes a bracket configured for attachment to an end of a chain. The bracket is movable relative to the endplate. The endplate having the bracket also includes an adjustment mechanism located on a common side of the endplate with the bracket, and is operably coupled with the bracket. The adjustment mechanism is configured for adjusting a distance separating the bracket from the endplate. Movable partition systems include such chain tensioner devices. Methods of adjusting a tension in a chain of a movable partition system involve the use of such a chain tensioner device. Methods of installing movable partition systems within structures include the installation of such chain tensioner devices. | 04-18-2013 |
20140013685 | DRIVE MODULES FOR MOVABLE PARTITION SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS THEROF AND RELATED METHODS OF INSTALLING DRIVE MODULES - Movable partition systems include a drive mechanism including a motor positioned at least partially on a side of a track opposite a movable partition. Automatically movable partition systems include a movable partition movable along a track and a motor configured to move the movable partition, the motor positioned on a side of the track opposite the movable partition. Methods of installing a movable partition system include coupling a movable partition to a track, positioning a drive mechanism at least partially on a side of the track opposite the movable partition, and coupling an elongated drive member to the movable partition. Methods of moving a movable partition along a track include actuating a drive mechanism positioned at least substantially in a header recess. Drive modules for a movable partition system and other methods of installing a movable partition system including attaching a motor to a section of track are also disclosed. | 01-16-2014 |
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20100202128 | NON-INVASIVE INJECTION OF LIGHT INTO A TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE, SUCH AS A WINDOW PANE THROUGH ITS FACE - Apparatus for illuminating a feature on a transparent light transmitting substrate or window: the substrate is capable of trapping light within itself and propagating the light along the substrate with total internal reflection. A light source is connected by an optical arrangement positioned with respect to one of the surfaces of the substrate for directing light into the substrate at an incident angle selected for propagation of light along the substrate. An extraction feature at a location on the surface of the substrate is configured to illuminate internal reflection at the feature, so that the feature becomes illuminated. Arrangements for the shape, orientation and adjustment of the optic, for configurations of the feature, for coupling the optic and also for coupling the feature to the substrate and particularly its surface are disclosed. | 08-12-2010 |
20130044498 | NON-INVASIVE INJECTION OF LIGHT INTO A TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE, SUCH AS A WINDOW PANE THROUGH ITS FACE - Apparatus for illuminating a feature on a transparent light transmitting substrate or window: the substrate is capable of trapping light within itself and propagating the light along the substrate with total internal reflection. A light source is connected by an optical arrangement positioned with respect to one of the surfaces of the substrate for directing light into the substrate at an incident angle selected for propagation of light along the substrate. An extraction feature at a location on the surface of the substrate is configured to illuminate internal reflection at the feature, so that the feature becomes illuminated. Arrangements for the shape, orientation and adjustment of the optic, for configurations of the feature, for coupling the optic and also for coupling the feature to the substrate and particularly its surface are disclosed. | 02-21-2013 |
20140098545 | OPTICS FOR AXIALLY-TRANSVERSE LIGHT EMISSION - Apparatus for injecting light into a light transmitting substrate or window, including an optical arrangement secured to one of the surfaces of the substrate or window for directing light into the substrate or window at an incident angle selected for propagation of light via total internal reflection (TIR) along the substrate or window. The optical arrangement comprises: (1) refractive media transmissive to light from a light source, the refractive media being bounded on a first end by coplanar exit and input surfaces and at a second end by a non-planar reflective surface, and (2) at least one coupling material to optically and physically couple the exit and input surfaces to the substrate or window, the refractive media and the at least one coupling material having a refractive index greater than air. | 04-10-2014 |