About Bead-Chain Clutch Rollers

for Customer’s Fabric Shades or Romanzia In-House Fabric Shades.

Clutch Rollers allow shades to be raised and lowered by pulling a side-mounted bead-chain loop. Available with or without Aluminum Fascias, Cassette Systems, or Shade Topper Valances.



Standard Features

  • A Heavy Duty Bead-Chain Clutch Lift Mechanism - 8lb, 16lb, 24lb, or 32lb capacity, depending on the weight of the shade, mounted in a 1-1/2”, 2”, or 2-1/2” diameter metal roller, depending on the width of the shade. Romanzia clutch roller mechanisms allow a shade to be raised and lowered by pulling a side-mounted bead-chain loop. Standard bead-chain colors are ivory, white, black, brown, gray, and nickel-plate. Clutch rollers come with specially designed universal brackets that can be used for all types of mounting.

  •  For Customer’s Fabric Shades, a choice of Blackout or Translucent Lining heat fused to your fabric.
    The standard lining color is white. Colored linings are available on shades up to 54” wide.

  • Choice of Regular or Reverse Roll shades.
      These terms describe how a shade’s cloth rolls off the top of the roller. The cloth rolls off the back of a regular roll shade. The cloth rolls off the front of a reverse roll shade. Regular roll will be furnished unless reverse roll is specified.

  • Turned bottom hem with enclosed weight.

  • Minimum Width - The minimum width for a clutch roller shade is 6” bracket to bracket.

  • Maximum Width - The maximum width for in-house fabric clutch roller shades is 144”; customer’s fabric shades are limited to the width of the customer’s fabric - up to 60”.

  •  External Aluminum Hembar Option. Extruded aluminum with a White, Vanilla, Bronze, Black, or Silver Gray finish. Add $7 per foot of shade width.

  • Standard Bracket and R16 & G200 Clutch Dimensions

  • Extension Brackets and R24 & G400 Clutch Dimensions