Glazing Profile Device for Rapid Partition Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing glazing systems require complex and labor-intensive installation methods, often necessitating overhead work and are not easily adaptable to various supporting structures, limiting their versatility and ease of use as room dividers or partitions.
Innovation Solution
A glazing system featuring a profile device with two support profiles that can be quickly and easily attached to a supporting structure, with a spacer to secure their position, allowing for secure and versatile installation, and featuring a cap-like profile body to accommodate thermal expansion and protect the glass pane.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional glazing systems are installed using conventional methods with frame profiles and multiple structural components, then the glazing can be securely fastened to supporting structures, but the installation process becomes complex and labor-intensive requiring overhead work
Solution Approach 1:
The profile device is divided into two separate support profiles (first and second support profiles) that can be installed independently. The first support profile is fastened to the supporting structure while the second support profile is subsequently attached to the first, allowing sequential installation without requiring overhead work and reducing overall installation complexity
Solution Approach 2:
A spacer is introduced as an intermediary element between the first and second support profiles. The spacer fixes the positional relationship between the two profiles, ensuring proper alignment and spacing while simplifying the attachment process and reducing installation complexity
2Reliability
If traditional glazing systems use multiple structural components and fastening methods, then the glazing can be securely mounted, but the installation requires significant overhead work and is difficult to assemble
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is segmented into two profiles installed in sequence from below, allowing workers to assemble the structure from the ground up rather than requiring overhead work, significantly improving ease of assembly while maintaining secure mounting
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of installing the entire glazing system from the top down using overhead structures, the invention inverts the installation approach by fastening the first support profile to the supporting structure from below and subsequently attaching the second support profile, eliminating the need for overhead work and improving ease of assembly
3Device complexity
If the glazing system uses fixed support profiles without accommodation for thermal movement, then the structure is simple, but the glass pane cannot accommodate thermal expansion
Solution Approach 1:
The cap-like profile body provides localized flexibility at the interface with the glass pane, allowing thermal expansion accommodation specifically where needed while maintaining the overall simplicity of the support profile structure
Solution Approach 2:
The cap-like profile body allows for dimensional changes in the glass pane due to thermal expansion by providing a flexible interface that can accommodate changes in the glass pane's dimensions without compromising the overall structural integrity
Data Source
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AI summary
The unit (10) has a profile device (22) including a support profile (24) attached to a supporting structure (36). The support profile frames an upper end region (20) of a glass disk (18) with a lower region of the support profile from a side of the glass disk, where the lower region is formed by a vertical leg of an angle profile. The profile device includes another support profile (26) attached to the former support profile. The latter support profile frames the upper end region of the glass disk with another vertical leg from another side resting against the former side.