摘要 |
<p>Apparatus for the manufacture of blinds of the type having a head rail, a plurality of ladder tapes, a plurality of blind siats, and raise cords passing through the blind slats, by which the blind slats may be drawn upwardly toward the head rail, and wherein the apparatus has a die support for passage of strip material (S1, S2, S3) along an axis therealong for the formation of blind slats, a plurality of die units (48-58) mounted on the die support, at least some of said die units being movable therealong, the die units being aligned with one another along the strip path, the die units being operable to procure their selective operation to form openings in the strip material at preselected spaced points, a cut-off die (74) for cutting off a preselected length of the strip material to form a blind slat, slat threaders located downstream of the dies within for threading (130-140) a slat through the ladder tapes, and the threaders being moveable laterally relative to the axis of the strip material, and apparatus for the manufacture of blind components such as headrails (R) for such blinds wherein end stops are linked together for axial movement along the length of such a head rail, and a method of manufacturing blinds and blind composents using such apparatus.</p> |