Detachable Window Frame Cover for Easy Maintenance
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing window and door frames made of solid materials face challenges with maintenance, as they are prone to weather-related issues, requiring laborious disassembly for repair or redesign, and lack flexibility in accommodating larger cover strips without warping or becoming loose.
Innovation Solution
A frame design featuring a solid base body with releasable holding and fastening means that allow the cover element to be connected at specific points, enabling non-destructive detachment and reconnection, ensuring secure hold and easy maintenance, repair, or redesign without tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If the frame is made of solid material, then thermal insulation and visual appeal are improved, but maintenance requirements increase due to weathering susceptibility
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is divided into a base body and a separate cover element that can be detached. The cover element is the part exposed to weathering and requires maintenance, while the base body remains protected. This segmentation allows the cover element to be removed and replaced without damaging the base body, reducing overall maintenance requirements while maintaining thermal insulation through the solid material construction.
2Shape
If the cover strip is made larger or positioned on the outside, then aesthetic appeal is improved, but warping occurs due to weathering
Solution Approach 1:
The cover element is designed to be detachable and replaceable rather than permanently fixed. This dynamic design allows the cover element to be removed when it warps due to weathering and replaced with a new one, maintaining aesthetic appeal without the constraint of permanent attachment that would prevent replacement of warped elements.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the cover strip is permanently connected, then structural stability is improved, but repair or maintenance requires time-consuming disassembly of the glass pane
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is segmented into a base body and a cover element that are detachably connected. This allows the cover element to be removed independently without disassembling the glass pane or the base body structure, enabling quick maintenance while maintaining structural stability through the detachable connection mechanism.
4Duration of action of stationary object
If the frame uses permanent connections, then durability is improved, but adaptability for modification is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The connection between the base body and cover element is designed to be detachable yet durable. This dynamic connection allows the frame to be modified or adapted by removing and replacing the cover element, while the durable connection ensures structural integrity during normal use. The design balances permanence for durability with reversibility for adaptability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The frame provides easy, quick, and non-destructive maintenance, repair, or redesign while maintaining thermal insulation and aesthetic appeal, reducing maintenance costs and ensuring durability and adaptability, with the cover element being easily removable for weatherproofing.
Implementation Method 1
the holding means and the fastening means are detachably connectable to one another, in particular by friction fit and/or positive fit
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2~5
Figure 6~7
AI summary
The invention relates to a frame (2) for enclosing at least one pane (23), comprising a solid base body (21) and at least one cover element (22), wherein at least one retaining means (4, 24) is arranged on the base body (21) and at least one fastening means (5, 25) is arranged on the cover element (22), wherein the pane (23) is held between the retaining means (4, 24) and the base body (21), and wherein the retaining means (4, 24) and the fastening means (5, 25) are detachably connectable to one another, in particular by friction and/or by positive locking. The invention further relates to a frame (3), comprising a solid base body (31) and at least one cover element (32), as well as a device (1) comprising at least one frame (2) and a frame (3).