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EN 16434:2014

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Internal blinds - Protection from strangulation hazards - Requirements and test methods for safety devices

Published date

19-02-2014

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General
5 Artificial ageing
6 Tensioning device
7 Breakaway device
8 Accumulation device
9 Non tangling device
10 Inner cord stop
11 Additional requirements
12 Information and instruction for installation,
   use and maintenance
13 Factory Production Control (FPC)
Annex A (informative) - Tests to be carried out on
        safety devices
Bibliography

This European Standard specifies requirements and test methods for safety devices to be used for protection from strangulation in internal blinds as specified in EN 13120 and insect screens as specified in EN 13561.These devices might be fitted to internal blinds and insect screens at the time of manufacture or for retrofitting.This European Standard applies to any design of device including the following:-tensioning devices;-breakaway devices;-accumulation devices;-non tangling devices;-inner cord stops.Although at the time this standard has been published, no product standard exists for draperies, requirements and test methods specified in the present standard may be applied to safety devices used in such products.For clarification purpose, the term "internal blinds" used in the present standard should mean "internal blinds and insect screens".

Committee
CEN/TC 33
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
NBN EN 16434 : 2014 Identical
NS EN 16434 : 2014 Identical
DIN EN 16434 E : 2014 Identical
NF EN 16434 : 2014 Identical
I.S. EN 16434:2014 Identical
DIN EN 16434:2014-06 Identical
UNE-EN 16434:2014 Identical
BS EN 16434:2014 Identical
SN EN 16434 : 2014 Identical
UNI EN 16434 : 2014 Identical
NEN EN 16434 : 2014 Identical
PN EN 16434 : 2014 Identical

BS EN 13120 : 2009 INTERNAL BLINDS - PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING SAFETY
I.S. EN 13120:2009 INTERNAL BLINDS - PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING SAFETY
DIN EN 13120:2014-09 INTERNAL BLINDS - PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING SAFETY
UNI EN 13120 : 2014 INTERNAL BLINDS - PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING SAFETY
BS EN 13120:2009+A1:2014 Internal blinds. Performance requirements including safety

BS 7231-1:1990 Body measurements of boys and girls from birth up to 16.9 years Information in the form of tables
EN 14201:2004 Blinds and shutters - Resistance to repeated operations (mechanical endurance) - Methods of testing
EN ISO 4892-3:2016 Plastics - Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources - Part 3: Fluorescent UV lamps (ISO 4892-3:2016)
EN 71-1:2014 Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties
EN 13561:2015/AC:2016 EXTERNAL BLINDS AND AWNINGS - PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING SAFETY
ISO 4892-3:2016 Plastics Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources Part 3: Fluorescent UV lamps
ISO 4892-2:2013 Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps
EN ISO 4892-2:2013 Plastics - Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources - Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps (ISO 4892-2:2013)

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