Venetian blinds is a window blind used as a covering in homes and closed spaced spaces especially offices. There are several types used all over the world and it is designed to completely cover light and intruding materials to pass through the window. It is majorly a covering material for windows. In United States, venetian blinds are generally called bamboo or wood blinds. The blinds are suspended by tapes or cord where all the slats could be rotated to at least half a circle degrees (180 degrees). Venetian blinds were used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were used in buildings with offices to control light and air. One of the biggest modern complex that adopted Venetian blinds was the Rockefeller center’s RCA building in New York City. The complex is now known as the radio city building.
The blinds are always made up of horizontal or vertical slats of different materials. The material for the slats is mostly plastic, wood or metal. The slats will be cut to desired lengths and these sizes depend on the length and breadth of the window. The slate width could be between 16 and 120mm but has a common width of about 25mm. After slats has been measured and put together, a cord is run through them to ensure it is tightly arranged. Venetian blinds can function in two ways that can be either manual techniques or sometimes automatic. The maneuvering involves rotating the slats from closed to open position or open to close position with the help of remote control where the slats are touching each other. These open and closed positions are the main reason for the blinds as it controls the inflow of air and sunlight for the room or space that it is utilized.
Venetian blinds are the horizontal blinds, they utilize thin woven ladder system to use the slats that have been cut to desired size. This ladder system is used to open and close the slats through a drum that rotates to which the upper ends is wrapped and attached. There is also a cord called the lift cord which is very essential in the use of these blinds. The lift cord is used to drag the slats or blinds up and down to any desired level even if it’s the top of the window.
Many companies have resumed the production of the Venetian blinds traditionally and it has proven to overcome the issues of damaging and fouling of the blinds.