Aperture cover for blocking electromagnetic radiation

• US 5,097,885 A
• Filed: 09/26/1991
• Issued: 03/24/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Company Limited
• Inventors: Kitagawa, Hiroji
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Blair M.
• Application Number:
  US07/765,494
• Time in Patent Office: 180 Days
• Field of Search: 160/238, 160/268.1, 160/DIG. 7, 160/84.1, 160/314, 174/35 R, 174/35 MS, 361/424, 455/300, 455/301
• US Class Current: 160/84.01
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 5/18 against harmful radiation against heat E06B5/16
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/24 Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blindsoperating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures E06B9/56; free-hanging flexible screens A47H23/00
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/0005 Shielded windows

Abstract

An aperture covering, such as a window shade, comprises a shade body (10), a shielding member (24) provided on a shade-body periphery facing a window frame (2), and a shade-body winding mechanism (6). The shielding member (24) is conductive and contacts the window frame (2) to close the space between the shade body (10) and the window frame (2). When the winding mechanism (6) winds the shade body (10) down to cover the window frame (2) with the shade body (10), the window shade blocks electromagnetic energy inside and outside a building, while regulating light entering the building through a window.

Claims

1. At least one covering for an aperture for regulating light, comprising:

electromagnetic shielding material comprising at least two electrically conductive layers with different shielding properties;

said material defining at least one generally planar surface;

additional shielding material on the periphery of the covering that fills a gap between the covering extending generally orthogonally away from said at least one generally planar surface and the aperture when the covering is in use, where the additional shielding material is electrically connected with the electromagnetic shielding material.

2. A covering as in claim 1 in which the additional shielding material is magnetic.

3. A covering as in claim 1 in which the additional shielding material magnetically fastens to the periphery of the aperture.

4. A covering as in claim 1 in which the covering is pleated, and the additional shielding material largely fills at least one gap between at least two pleats of the covering.

5. A covering as in claim 1 in which the covering comprises at least two pieces, and

the additional shielding material largely fills at least one gap between at least two of the pieces.

6. The at least one covering according to claim 1, wherein the at least two conductive layers comprise conductive mesh, conductive film, aluminum foil, and copper foil.

7. The at least one covering according to claim 1, wherein the covering is non-woven cloth which includes fibers adhering to each other that contain conductive particles.

8. A window shade for regulating light entering through a window by raising and lowering a shade body, comprising:

an electromagnetic shielding material, comprising at least two electrically conductive layers with different shielding properties;

said material defining at least one generally planar surface;

a strip of shielding material on the periphery of the shade body, which extends generally orthogonally away from said at least one generally planar surface which periphery faces a window frame, where the strip of shielding material closes a clearance between the window frame and the shade body, when in use the strip of shielding material being electrically connected with the electromagnetic shielding material.

9. A window shade as in claim 8 in which the strip of shielding material is magnetic.

10. A window shade as in claim 9 in which the strip of shielding material magnetically fastens to a guide rail on the window frame.

11. A window shade as in claim 8 in which the window shade is pleated, and the strip of shielding material largely fills at least one gap between at least two pleats of the window shade.

12. A window shade as in claim 8 in which the window shade comprises at least two pieces, and the strip of shielding material largely fills at least one gap between at least two of the pieces.

13. The window shade according to claim 8, wherein the at least two conductive layers comprise conductive mesh, conductive film, aluminum foil, and copper foil.

14. The window shade according to claim 8, wherein the shade body is non-woven cloth which includes fibers adhering to each other that contain conductive particles.

15. The window shade according to claim 8, wherein the strip of shielding material is a conductive carbon brush.