Bendable-Plate Mounting Element for Drywall Sliding-Door Rails
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of runner rails in drywall systems for sliding doors is complicated due to the need for precise adjustment and fixation, which often results in issues like canting, tilting, and displacement, especially when inclined alignments are required.
Innovation Solution
A mounting element with a bendable plate is designed to allow for precise adjustment and fixation of runner rails to upright drywall studs without the use of screws. The bendable plate enables the mounting element to be attached to the runner rail and slidably contact the upright stud at two different surfaces, ensuring a horizontal or inclined alignment as needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If standard mounting elements with right angle between back section and base section are used, then the mounting element structure is simple, but there will be no full-surface contact between the back section and the web of the stud, resulting in canting, tilting and displacement
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting element incorporates a bendable plate that can dynamically adjust its shape to conform to the stud geometry. The plate is designed with specific bend lines that allow it to flex and adapt during installation, ensuring full-surface contact between the back section and the stud web, thereby eliminating canting, tilting and displacement while maintaining structural simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting element uses a bendable plate with controlled flexibility parameters. The plate can be bent along predetermined lines to change its geometric parameters and achieve optimal contact with the stud. This parameter change capability allows the mounting element to adapt to different installation conditions while maintaining a simple overall structure
2Reliability
If the runner rail is aligned perpendicular to the upright drywall studs, then the contact between mounting element and stud is maximized, but the door leaf cannot achieve self-closing function
Solution Approach 1:
The bendable plate allows the mounting element to dynamically adjust its angular orientation relative to the stud. By bending the plate along predetermined lines, the mounting element can be positioned at various angles (including perpendicular and inclined alignments) while maintaining full-surface contact with the stud web, thus enabling both stable contact and alignment flexibility for self-closing functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting element is segmented into distinct functional parts: a rigid first angle section for structural support, a bendable plate with predetermined bend lines for angular adjustment, and a second angle section for runner rail attachment. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each part's function while enabling overall adaptability to different alignment requirements
3Reliability
If mounting components are adjusted precisely to ensure horizontal orientation, then door leaf movement is controlled, but the installation process becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The bendable plate is designed to self-adjust and self-align during installation. As the mounting element is positioned against the stud, the plate automatically bends to conform to the stud geometry, ensuring full-surface contact and horizontal orientation without requiring complex adjustment procedures or additional fastening operations
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting element is pre-configured with predetermined bend lines in the plate that allow for easy manual bending during installation. These pre-planned bend lines enable the plate to be quickly shaped to match the stud geometry, achieving precise horizontal orientation and full contact without complicated on-site adjustment procedures
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows for secure and precise fixation of runner rails, preventing uncontrolled movement and ensuring a stable installation, whether horizontally or inclined, thereby enhancing the functionality and reliability of sliding door systems.
Implementation Method 1
a bendable plate (3) fixed to the first angle section (21), the bendable plate (3) being of a size and shape to be bendable around the upright drywall stud (11) in a manner that a first plate portion (31) is in contact with a flange portion (111) of the upright drywall stud (11) and a second plate portion (32) is in contact with a web portion (112) of the upright drywall stud (11)
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AI summary
A mounting element for an installation of a runner rail in a drywall system of a sliding door construction includes a mounting angle having a first angle section for attachment at an upright drywall stud and a second angle section for attachment at the runner rail, wherein the mounting element includes a bendable plate at the first angle section, the bendable plate being of a size and shape to be bendable around the upright drywall stud in a manner that a first plate portion is in contact with a flange portion of the upright drywall stud and a second plate portion is in contact with a web portion of the upright drywall stud.