Profile system for a sanitary facility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing profile systems for sanitary facilities, such as shower installations, are cumbersome and inflexible due to complex structural designs and require multiple steps for sealing, making it difficult to achieve a watertight installation and adapt to surrounding wall and floor coverings.
Innovation Solution
A profile system comprising a flexible and flat sealing element with a mounting area attached to a profile element via a fastener, allowing for easy adjustment and secure sealing between the profile and adjacent surfaces, enabling reliable mounting and size adjustment without additional mounting devices, and ensuring a high sealing effect.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a sealing strip is attached to the edge of a channel during assembly, then sealing between the profile and wall/floor is achieved, but the installation process becomes cumbersome and requires multiple steps
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing element is merged with the profile element by attaching the sealing element to the profile element before installation. This combining of components simplifies the installation process by reducing the number of separate steps required, while maintaining the sealing function between the profile and wall or floor.
2Reliability
If a complex structural design is used to fasten the profile reliably, then mounting stability is improved, but the profile becomes inflexible and difficult to adapt to surrounding surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing element is designed with flexible and flat characteristics, allowing it to adapt dynamically to different wall and floor surfaces. This flexibility enables the profile system to be mounted reliably on various surrounding surfaces without requiring complex rigid structural designs, thus maintaining both mounting stability and adaptability.
3Reliability
If additional mounting devices are used to secure the profile, then mounting reliability is improved, but the installation process becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing element serves dual functions by both sealing the joint between profile and wall/floor and providing mounting attachment. This merging of sealing and mounting functions eliminates the need for separate additional mounting devices, reducing installation complexity and time while maintaining mounting reliability.
4Productivity
If the profile is fixed during manufacturing, then production efficiency is improved, but the profile cannot be adjusted or adapted at the installation site
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing element is attached to the profile element at the manufacturing stage to improve production efficiency, but the sealing element itself is designed to be flexible and adjustable. This segmentation of functions allows the profile to be efficiently produced while maintaining adaptability at the installation site through the flexible sealing element that can be adjusted to fit different surrounding surfaces.
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AI summary
A profile system for a sanitary system, such as a floor-level shower, includes at least one profile element and at least one flat and flexible sealing element. The sealing element has a mounting area which, in a non-installed state, is fixed to the profile element by a mounting element. The sealing element includes at least one region overlapping the profile element, the overlapping region being adapted to fix the profile element in its mounting position.