Sealing profile for sealing a gap and a tool for magnetizing the sealing profile, as well as a window, door or facade corner connection

Abstract

Sealing profile (1) for sealing a gap to be sealed between two elements (16, 17) of a window, a door or a facade, characterized in that the sealing profile (1) comprises a matrix material (12) made of a thermoplastic elastomer or an elastomer and a polymer-bonded material (14) embedded therein, which can be magnetized by permanent magnets.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a sealing profile for use in a window, a door or a facade, as well as a tool for magnetizing this sealing profile and for connecting window, door or facade corners with this sealing profile.

[0002] Magnetic sealing profiles are commonly used in shower doors, insect screens, and many other applications. These magnetic seals typically consist of heavy magnets inserted into flexible PVC seals. These magnets are heavy and cannot be bent around corners. Furthermore, flexible PVC is not the ideal material from an environmental perspective. Due to the bulky magnets, the seals can only be used on flat surfaces. The magnets also affect the overall Uf value of the systems. These sealing profiles are also permanently magnetic. During storage and transport, they attract metal particles and metallic fasteners, such as screws and nails, which is undesirable.

[0003] In contrast, outside the scope of application of sealing profiles, magnetizable substances are known in the prior art which are themselves magnetic after contact with a permanent magnet, but which are essentially non-magnetic in a ground state.

[0004] Based on this, the object of the invention is therefore to provide a sealing profile which only has a magnetic effect immediately before or only during intended use, e.g. during on-site assembly, and which at the same time has a sealing effect.

[0005] The invention solves this problem through the subject matter of claim 1.

[0006] A sealing profile according to the invention is designed for sealing a gap between two elements of a window, a door, or a facade, specifically elements of a unitized facade. The sealing profile comprises a matrix material made of a thermoplastic elastomer or an elastomer and a polymer-bonded material embedded therein, which is magnetizable by magnets. Preferably, the sealing profile can consist of both materials.

[0007] Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

[0008] The sealing profile is preferably designed as a hollow chamber profile, wherein the embedded magnetizable material is part of a hollow chamber wall, in particular a wall segment of the hollow chamber. This allows flexibility of the sealing profile by creating a space for elastically deformed sealing material or sealing segment.

[0009] Overall, the sealing profile is soft and can therefore be used as a gap seal, even around corners. Due to its elastic properties, the soft surface of the sealing profile conforms to other surfaces.

[0010] The polymer-bonded magnetizable material is preferably a ferrimagnetic material, preferably a ferrite, with a fill factor between 70 and 90 wt.%. After magnetization, a ferrimagnetic material exhibits a particularly long-term stable and robust magnetic property. This is also referred to as remanent magnetization, which is generated in the ferrimagnetic material due to the influence of an external magnetic field, e.g., a permanent magnet. In ferrimagnetism, the elementary magnets are alternately oriented in opposite directions, as in antiferromagnetism, but with different strengths in the two directions. Therefore, unlike in antiferromagnetism, two adjacent elementary magnets do not cancel each other out, but rather a magnetization remains.

[0011] For the present application, hard magnetic ferrites are preferred, especially strontium ferrite and barium ferrite.

[0012] The magnetizable material can advantageously be embedded as a flat strip within the matrix material. This allows for a particularly high density of the generated magnetic field, resulting in greater holding forces.

[0013] Alternatively or additionally, the magnetizable material can be embedded as a particulate material within the matrix material. This allows for a broader distribution of the magnetic field over a surface. Consequently, the sealing material of the sealing profile contacts a corresponding surface over a larger sealing area.

[0014] The sealing profile can advantageously include a wall segment defining the hollow chamber, with a stop surface for abutting an adjacent window, door, or facade element. This wall segment comprises the magnetizable material, which is embedded in the matrix material below the stop surface. Thus, the magnetizable material is not located on the stop surface but rather spaced away from it within the matrix material. Due to its placement below the stop surface and the resulting coverage, the magnetizable material is not worn away by friction. Even with differing thermal expansion rates between the magnetizable material and the matrix material, the magnetizable material is not gradually worn away but remains embedded within the matrix material. Furthermore, the influence on the UF value is very low due to the polymeric embedding within the matrix material.

[0015] The hollow chamber does not have to be designed as a single chamber, but can be divided into several sub-chambers.

[0016] The hollow chamber can advantageously have two opposing flexible wall segments, which are arranged at the edges of the aforementioned stop surface. These two wall segments exhibit greater flexibility than the wall segment containing the stop surface. This allows for particularly good elastic deformation of the seal under various weather conditions.

[0017] To achieve the aforementioned flexibility, the two flexible wall segments can each have a thinner wall thickness than the contact surface and / or one or more predetermined bending points. These predetermined bending points can be provided, for example, by a bellows contour.

[0018] The sealing profile can exhibit hyperelastic material behavior of at least 0.1 N / cm, preferably 1 N / cm. This dampens impact forces and achieves better sealing through elastic deformation of the sealing profile.

[0019] The arrangement of the magnetizable material and / or its concentration in the magnetized sealing profile can advantageously be dimensioned such that the tensile force required to release an identical sealing profile according to the invention in a direction perpendicular to the stop surface is at least 0.1 N, preferably at least 1 N, and particularly preferably 5 N. Depending on the wind load, corresponding holding forces are thereby generated, so that the sealing connection is not released by a gust of wind.

[0020] For connection to an element of a door, window and / or facade, the sealing profile can have a base strip for fixing the sealing profile in a groove.

[0021] The sealing profile can advantageously further comprise an additional wall segment with a second stop surface, wherein this wall segment is arranged on the opposite side of the cavity to the wall segment with the first stop surface, and wherein this additional wall segment contains a magnetizable material to the same extent + / - 10 wt.% as the opposite wall segment. This provides a sealing profile that is magnetizable on both sides.

[0022] The two flexible wall segments can contain at least 50% less magnetizable material than the wall segment with the stop surface. This prevents perturbation of the magnetic field of the stop surface when the flexible wall segments deform.

[0023] Furthermore, the sealing profile can be designed as an extruded, preferably co-extruded, sealing strand, thus enabling simple and straightforward production. Since the magnetizable material is only magnetized after the seal extrusion, no build-up occurs in the extruder.

[0024] It is also advantageous if the flat strip is dimensioned so that it occupies at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, of the total volume of the wall segment. This ensures a certain minimum width for creating an adhering sealing surface.

[0025] To achieve good flexibility and high deformability of the sealing profile, it is advantageous if the wall segment with the contact surface contains less than 70 wt.%, preferably between 30 and 70 wt.%, of ferrite. Due to the polymeric embedding of the ferrites, the sealing profile consists predominantly of the elastic elastomer and / or TPE with the aforementioned material properties.

[0026] Furthermore, according to the invention, a tool is provided which serves to magnetize a sealing profile, in particular the aforementioned sealing profile according to the invention. The tool has a housing and a feedthrough channel arranged therein, with an inlet and an outlet opening for passing the sealing profile through the housing.

[0027] According to the invention, the tool has at least one permanent magnet which is arranged for magnetizing the sealing profile along the feedthrough channel.

[0028] The provision of this tool according to the invention enables magnetization.

[0029] Also according to the invention is a method in which a sealing profile according to the invention is carried out by the tool described above according to the invention.

[0030] Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

[0031] It is advantageous if the tool has at least two permanent magnets arranged on opposite sides of the feedthrough channel. This allows multiple magnetizable sides to be magnetized simultaneously.

[0032] Furthermore, it is advantageous if the permanent magnet(s) is / are designed as rotatably mounted rollers, each with an outer circumferential surface exhibiting either a fully positive or negative polarity. Typically, the permanent magnets should be guided close to the surface, generating appropriate frictional forces. The rotatable mounting by the aforementioned rollers enables a friction-reduced passage of the sealing profile.

[0033] The rollers can be preferably configured as a combination of a magnet and a ball bearing. The permanent magnet magnetizes the outer surface of the ball bearing via ferromagnetism, which in turn magnetizes the sealing profile. With this indirect magnetization system, magnetization up to 2 Tesla is currently possible.

[0034] Alternatively, magnetic rings can be arranged around a ball bearing, via which sealing profiles are magnetized.

[0035] For ease of use, it is advantageous if the tool is designed as a hand tool.

[0036] A particular advantage of the sealing profile according to the invention is the possibility of arranging the sealing profile around a corner. Therefore, a window, door, or facade corner connection consisting of two interconnected elements of a window, door, or facade, particularly as a 90° corner connection, is also possible according to the invention. The sealing profile described above is also a component of this corner connection, wherein the sealing profile according to the invention extends as a single-piece sealing strand over both elements of the corner connection. Such a corner connection, in which the sealing strand essentially connects both elements of the corner connection in one piece without an additional weld, and in which the sealing strand is simultaneously magnetizable, is not previously known.

[0037] Further advantages, features, and details of the invention will become apparent from the following description, in which an embodiment of the invention is explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The person skilled in the art will expediently consider the features disclosed in the drawings, the description, and the claims individually and combine them into meaningful further combinations. The drawings show: Fig. 1 a sectional view of a sealing profile according to the invention; Fig. 2 a sectional view of a tool according to the invention for magnetizing the sealing profile; and Fig. 3 Arrangement of the sealing profile of the Fig. 1 in an element of a window, door or facade.

[0038] Fig. Figure 1 shows a first variant of a magnetizable sealing profile 1 for sealing a gap to be sealed between two elements of a window, a door or a facade.

[0039] Special areas of application include both pivotable and / or tiltable doors and windows, but also sliding doors and windows, as well as sun protection.

[0040] Other applications include insect protection and facade construction, especially in so-called "self-sealing".

[0041] Finally, applications outside the construction sector, particularly in the automotive sector, for shower enclosures and refrigerators, are also preferred.

[0042] The sealing profile is used in particular to seal a gap between two elements of the window, door, or facade that are movable relative to each other. These elements can be, for example, metal profile frames, plastic profile frames, or wooden profile frames with corresponding grooves for inserting the sealing profile 1.

[0043] The sealing profile 1 of the first of the two elements is designed as a hollow chamber profile (hose seal). The hollow chamber 2 of the hollow chamber profile has a wall segment 3, which serves as a stop surface 4. In the closed state, a corresponding stop surface of the second of the two elements rests against this stop surface 4.

[0044] The cavity 2 is bounded by further opposing wall segments 5, 6. These wall segments 5, 6 are connected to each other at their edges by wall segment 3 with the stop surface 4.

[0045] The hollow chamber in Fig. 1 is divided into several hollow chamber segments by partition walls 7.

[0046] Wall segments 5 and 6 are, at least in some areas, flexible compared to wall segment 3, and in particular foldable. For this purpose, wall segments 5 and 6 are designed, at least in some areas, as bellows with corresponding predetermined folding points 13.

[0047] Opposite wall segment 3, another wall segment 8 is arranged, which has a strip 9 with a strip foot 10 as a projection on one or both sides, which can be engaged by a groove of the element.

[0048] Both opposing wall segments 3 and 8 can have an identical contour in cross-sectional view for ease of assembly. However, variations are also conceivable in which the two wall segments differ.

[0049] The sealing profile comprises a permanently magnetizable material 14 within the intended application range, e.g. at temperatures between -10 and +50°C and at impact forces of more than 5 N. Permanently magnetizable means that the material remains magnetic in the aforementioned ranges even after at least 100 repetitions, preferably after more than 500 repetitions, after activation.

[0050] The tensile force between two identical magnetized sealing profiles in a perpendicular direction to the stop surface for releasing the sealing profiles with at least one or both sealing profiles in the magnetized state is at least 0.1 N, preferably at least 1 N, and particularly preferably 5 N. The minimum tensile force predefined by the magnetic holding force should preferably be large enough to prevent a window, door, or the like from opening under wind load or the resulting suction. This naturally depends on the area of ​​the opening element and its positioning on the building, e.g., in the center or corner of the building.

[0051] In any case, the magnetizable material in the magnetized state exerts significantly stronger attractive forces on a sealing surface of a corresponding element than the sealing material in which the magnetizable material is embedded.

[0052] The attractive forces are so strong that the material deforms when approaching the target.

[0053] This can be, in particular, ferrimagnetic material which, according to the alignment of Weiss's domains, is permanently magnetic under the deformation forces typical in the application area of ​​sealing tapes in door, window and facade construction.

[0054] In Fig. Figure 1 shows a variant in which the magnetizable material 14 is arranged as a flat strip 11 below the stop surface 4. The flat strip 11 is embedded in a matrix material 12 of the sealing profile 1.

[0055] The flat strip can preferably be made of a ferrimagnetic material as the magnetizable material. Ferrimagnetic materials can acquire a remanent magnetization under the influence of a magnetic field.

[0056] Preferably the flat strip 11 can consist of a ferrite-containing polymer.

[0057] Preferably, the flat strip 11 is dimensioned such that it comprises at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, of the total volume of the wall segment 3. In the cross-sectional view, the wall segment 3 extends over the entire width of the stop surface 4.

[0058] An elastomer and / or TPE can be used as the preferred material for the matrix. TPE is preferred as a matrix material due to its processability.

[0059] The sealing profile 1 with the flat strip 11 of the Fig. 1 can be manufactured as a co-extruded strand. The cross-section of the sealing profile is preferably constant over its entire longitudinal extent.

[0060] The flexible wall segments 5 and 6 preferably consist exclusively of the matrix material or preferably contain less than 30% of the previously described magnetizable material per cm². 3 with respect to the wall segment 3 with the stop surface 4. This magnetizable material is preferably a ferrimagnetic material.

[0061] Alternatively to the one in Fig. In the variant shown in Figure 1, the material of the wall segment 3 can alternatively or additionally comprise a particulate magnetizable, preferably ferrimagnetic, material as described above, which is embedded in the aforementioned matrix material.

[0062] This ensures a more homogeneous distribution of the magnetic field. It is also conceivable that the entire sealing profile consists of this TPE and / or elastomer material with the magnetizable particles embedded within it.

[0063] The wall segment 3 with the stop surface has a thicker wall thickness, preferably at least 50% thicker than the wall segments 5 and 6 at the edges of this wall segment 3, in order to provide a large quantity of magnetizable material, which allows the sealing profile 1 to be deformed.

[0064] Particularly preferably, the wall segment 8 has a stop surface 15 and a magnetizable material to the same extent + / - 10 wt.% as the opposite wall segment 3 with the stop surface 4.

[0065] Fig. Figure 2 shows a tool 20 according to the invention for magnetizing the sealing profile.

[0066] The tool 20 has a housing 21 with an insertion opening 22 and an exit opening 23. Inside the housing 21 a feedthrough channel 25 is arranged, along which at least one magnet 24, preferably at least one permanent magnet, is arranged.

[0067] In the variant of Fig. 1. The sealing profile 1 is permanently magnetizable on both sides. Accordingly, the feedthrough channel 25 has a magnet 24 and 28 arranged on opposite sides 26 and 27 of the feedthrough channel 25. In other tool variants, however, only one magnet 24 is conceivable for other variants of sealing profiles.

[0068] In both the variant with one magnet and with both magnets, the magnets are designed as magnetic rollers which roll on the surface, in particular the stop surface 4 of the sealing profile 1, when it is passed through the housing 21.

[0069] The magnetic roller, or each of the magnetic rollers, has a first pole 29 on the radial outer circumference and a second pole 30 on the radial inner surface of the magnetic roller.

[0070] The outer circumferential surface 31 of the magnetic roller corresponds to the contour of the stop surface 4 of the sealing profile. Fig. 1 the stop surface 4 of the sealing profile 1 is convex and the corresponding circumferential outer side 31 with the rolling surface of the magnetic roller is concave.

[0071] The magnetic roller is rotatable about a pivot axis 32. The pivot axis can be formed by a bolt or the like. The bolt is releasable and, in the detached state, linearly displaceable in a guide slot, so that the distance of the pivot axis 32, and thus also the magnetic roller, to the longitudinal axis of the feedthrough channel 25 is variably adjustable and therefore adaptable to different sealing cross-sections. This adjustability can be used to magnetize the polymer-bonded ferrite material to varying degrees.

[0072] Alternatively, in a variant not shown, at least one of the magnets can be arranged adjacent to a surface-magnetizable outer surface of a ball bearing. This outer surface can serve as a rolling surface in the feedthrough channel 25. It is in direct contact with the sealing profile 1 and is magnetized at another point by the magnet, in particular a permanent magnet. In this case, the outer surface can be ferrimagnetic or ferromagnetic, since permanent magnetizability is not necessary. This is therefore an indirect magnetization of the sealing profile 1 by the magnet via the ball bearing.

[0073] The device is designed as a handheld device, so that the sealing profile 1 can be permanently magnetized at the point of installation of the elements, e.g. on the construction site.

[0074] The on-site magnetization significantly simplifies the handling of the sealing profile, to which metal shavings, metal parts such as screws, and the like would otherwise adhere. This problem does not arise with the sealing profile according to the invention. Furthermore, the profile can be remagnetized on-site during maintenance and / or servicing.

[0075] By using the sealing profile described above, the operating forces can be reduced, as no pressure needs to be generated to lock the mechanism.

[0076] The magnetic force of the seal can be individually adjusted by selecting the tool, depending on the magnets used in the tool, and can also be adjusted afterwards if, for example, lower operating forces are required.

[0077] Fig. Figure 3 then shows the arrangement of two sealing profiles 1 described above according to the invention. Fig.1 in each element 16, 17, e.g., of a window, a door, or a facade, and the gap 18 between them. The respective element 16, 17 is preferably a hollow chamber plastic profile or a hollow chamber metal profile. It can be a front door, or in particular a car door, a refrigerator door, or an insect screen door. The areas of application are therefore diverse. The base 10 of the respective sealing profile 1 lies in a groove 19 of the element 16, 17.

[0078] Within the scope of the present invention, it is also possible to magnetize the sections within a strand to varying degrees. This is advantageous, among other things, when used in a casement window. A high force is required in the vertical direction, while this high force is rather disadvantageous in the area of ​​the opening angle, as the sash cannot be opened, or can only be opened with difficulty, in such a case.

[0079] The depicted variant works not only for a connection between two seals, but also when a seal comes into contact with a magnet, e.g. a magnetic tape, or with a magnetized or magnetizable object. Reference sign 1 Sealing profile 2 hollow chambers 3 wall segment 4 Stop surface 5 wall segment 6 wall segment 7 partition walls 8 wall segment 9 bar 10 Instep 11 Flat strip 12 Matrix material 13. Design point 14 magnetizable material 15 Stop surface 16 Element 17 Element 18 gaps 19 Nut 20 tools 21 cases 22 Insertion opening 23 Exit opening 24 permanent magnet 25 Implementation channel 26th page of the transmission channel 27th page of the transmission channel 28 permanent magnet 29 first pole 30 second pole 31 Outer circumference side 32 Rotary axis

Claims

[1] Sealing profile (1) for sealing a gap to be sealed between two elements (16, 17) of a window, a door or a facade, characterized by , that the sealing profile (1) comprises a matrix material (12) made of a thermoplastic elastomer or an elastomer and a polymer-bonded material (14) embedded therein, which can be magnetized by permanent magnets. [2] Sealing profile according to claim 1, characterized by , that the sealing profile (1) is designed as a hollow chamber profile (2), wherein the embedded magnetizable material (14) is part of a hollow chamber wall, in particular a wall segment (3). [3] Sealing profile according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by , that the embedded magnetizable material (14) is designed as a ferrimagnetic material, preferably a ferrite. [4] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by, that the sealing profile (1) consists of the matrix material (12) and the magnetizable material (14) embedded therein. [5] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the magnetizable material (14) is embedded as a flat strip (11) in the matrix material (12). [6] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the magnetizable material (14) is embedded as a particulate material in the matrix material (12). [7] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the sealing profile (1) has a wall segment (3) defining the hollow chamber (2) with a stop surface (4) for abutting an adjacent window, door, or facade element, wherein the wall segment (3) has the magnetizable material (14), wherein the magnetizable material (14) is embedded below the stop surface (4) in the matrix material (12). [8] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the hollow chamber (2) is divided into several sub-chambers. [9] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the hollow chamber (2) has two opposing flexible wall segments (5, 6) which are arranged at the edge of the stop surface (4), wherein the two wall segments (5, 6) have a higher flexibility than the wall segment (3) with the stop surface (4). [10] Sealing profile according to claim 9, characterized by , wherein the two flexible wall segments (5, 6) each have a thinner wall thickness than the wall segment (3) with the stop surface (4) and / or one or more predetermined bending points (13). [11] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the sealing profile (1) exhibits hyperelastic material behavior of at least 0.1 N / cm, preferably 1 N / cm. [12] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the arrangement of the magnetizable material (14) and / or its concentration in the magnetized sealing profile (1) is dimensioned such that the tensile force required to release an identical sealing profile (1) in a perpendicular direction to the stop surface (4) is at least 0.1N, preferably at least 1N, particularly preferably 5N. [13] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the sealing profile (1) has a slat foot (10) for fixing the sealing profile (1) in a groove of an element of a window, a door or a facade. [14] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by, that the sealing profile (1) has a further wall segment (8) with a second stop surface (15), wherein this wall segment (8) is arranged on a side of the cavity (2) opposite the wall segment (3) with the first stop surface (4) and wherein this further wall segment (8) has magnetizable material (14) to the same extent + / - 10 wt.% as the opposite wall segment (3). [15] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the two flexible wall segments (5, 6) have at least 50% less magnetizable material (14) than the wall segment (3) with the stop surface (4). [16] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the sealing profile (1) is designed as an extruded, preferably co-extruded, sealing strand. [17] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by, that the flat strip (11) is dimensioned such that it occupies at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, of the total volume of the wall segment (3). [18] Sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the wall segment (3, 8) with the stop surface (4, 15) has less than 70 wt.%, preferably between 30-70 wt.%, of ferrite. [19] Tool (20) for magnetizing a sealing profile, in particular a sealing profile (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the tool (20) has a housing (21) with a through-channel (25) having an inlet and an outlet opening (22, 23) for passing the sealing profile (1) through the housing (21), characterized by , that the tool (20) has at least one magnet which is arranged in the housing (21) for magnetizing the sealing profile (1). [20] Tool according to claim 19, characterized by, that the magnet is arranged as a permanent magnet (24) for magnetizing the sealing profile (1) along the feedthrough channel (25). [21] Tool according to claim 19 or 20, characterized by , that the tool (20) has at least two magnets, preferably two permanent magnets (24, 28) or two surface-magnetizable ball bearings with adjacent permanent magnets, which are arranged on opposite sides (26, 27) of the feedthrough channel (25). [22] Tool according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the permanent magnet (24) or permanent magnets (24, 28) is or are designed as rotatably mounted rollers, each of which has an outer circumferential surface (31) with a fully positive or negative polarity (29 or 30). [23] Tool according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by, that at least one of the magnets is designed as a rotatable permanent magnet (24, 28) mounted on a ball bearing. [24] Tool according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that at least one of the magnets, in particular as a permanent magnet, is arranged adjacent to a ball bearing with a surface-magnetizable outer surface, which is arranged as a rolling surface of the sealing profile (1) in the feedthrough channel (25). [25] Tool according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the tool (20) is designed as a hand tool. [26] Window, door or facade corner connection made of two interconnected elements of a window, door or facade, in particular as a 90° corner connection, and with a sealing profile according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the sealing profile extends as a one-piece sealing strip over both elements of the corner connection.

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