US PATENT SUBCLASS 160 / 911
WORM GEAR AWNING OPERATOR


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160 /   HD   FLEXIBLE OR PORTABLE CLOSURE, PARTITION, OR PANEL

911WORM GEAR AWNING OPERATOR


DEFINITION

Classification: 160/911

WORM GEAR AWNING OPERATOR:

(under the class definition) A means for causing an outrigger or other awning type device to be folded, rolled up or otherwise collapsed or to be extended or unrolled comprises a gear system in which a peripherally toothed gear wheel is driven by the rotation of a screw or threaded shaft (the worm) whose helical thread forms a continuous tooth which meshes with the peripheral teeth of the gear wheel.