Canopy With Awning and Side-Beam Rollers for Full-Depth Shading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing canopies with awnings are limited in their ability to create separate shaded and sunny zones that extend over the full depth of the canopy, requiring a high rear beam or space under the rear beam for a screen casing, which affects aesthetics and functionality.
Innovation Solution
The canopy design incorporates rollers in the side beams, allowing awnings to be rolled out from side beams, creating shaded and sunny zones that extend parallel to the side beams, eliminating the need for a high rear beam and utilizing the side beam space efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the roller is applied in the rear beam, then the awning can be rolled out, but a higher and wider profile is needed in the rear beam
Solution Approach 1:
The roller is extracted from the rear beam and relocated to the side beam. This removes the functional requirement for a high rear beam profile while preserving the awning rolling function. The side beam now houses the roller mechanism, allowing the awning to roll out laterally rather than from the rear.
Solution Approach 2:
The awning rolling direction is changed from a rearward direction (requiring vertical space in the rear beam) to a lateral direction (utilizing space in the side beam). This dimensional shift resolves the conflict between maintaining a low rear beam profile and providing roller functionality.
2Reliability
If a separate screen casing is mounted under the rear beam, then the roller is protected, but a certain space under the rear beam is needed and aesthetic disadvantage occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The screen casing is extracted from under the rear beam and relocated to the side beam where the roller is now positioned. This eliminates the need for additional space under the rear beam while maintaining roller protection functionality. The aesthetic disadvantage of a protruding rear beam structure is resolved.
Solution Approach 2:
The functions of the side beam and screen casing are merged. The side beam now serves both as a structural element and as the housing for the roller mechanism, eliminating the need for a separate screen casing under the rear beam.
3Ease of operation
If guides are provided at the parallel beams for lateral guidance of the end bar, then the awning can be guided, but the space under the canopy can only be blacked out in a strip parallel to the front and rear beam
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of guiding the end bar laterally along guides in the parallel beams (which creates strip-shaped shading), the system is inverted to guide the end bar along the side beam in the rolling direction. This allows the awning to extend fully across the canopy width, creating comprehensive shaded areas rather than narrow strips.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design enables the creation of separate shaded and sunny zones over the full depth of the canopy, optimizing space utilization and improving aesthetic appeal by eliminating the need for a high rear beam and providing easy access for maintenance.
Implementation Method 1
In at least one side beam, a first roller is provided to which one end of a first awning is attached
Implementation Method 2
an end bar is provided, the ends of which are guided using guides provided at each of the at least two parallel beams
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AI summary
Canopy with awning, whereby the canopy (1) comprises a load-bearing structure (3) with at least two parallel beams (4), i.e. a front beam(9) and a rear beam (8), which are connected to each other by means of side beams (5), whereby the rear beam is intended for mounting against or to a façade of a building, whereby in at least one side beam (5) a first roller (15A) is provided to which one end of the awning (2) is attached and whereby at the facing end of the awning (2) an end bar (12) is provided, the ends (13) of which are guided using guides (14) provided at each of the at least two parallel beams (4) for guiding the end bar (12) from the side beam (5) with the first roller (15A) to the facing side beam (5) when rolling up or rolling out the awning (2).