Shade profile covering device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing panel profile covering devices for movable furniture parts, such as drawers, require additional processing steps and increased manufacturing costs due to the need for drilling holes for attaching trim profiles, and there is a need for a simpler and cost-effective attachment method that allows for reliable transmission of tensile and compressive forces.
Innovation Solution
A panel profile covering device featuring a side covering element with a fastening projection that includes a clamping jaw, which can be manually or mechanically braced against an inner surface of a mounting receptacle on the panel profile, eliminating the need for drilling holes and allowing for the attachment of a panel fastener to secure the profile to the furniture part.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If holes are drilled to attach the panel fastener, then the panel profile can be securely attached to the movable furniture part, but additional processing steps are required which increase manufacturing costs
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the fastening function from the panel profile itself and relocates it to the side covering element. The fastening projection with clamping jaw is integrated into the side covering element, which then attaches to a mounting receptacle on the panel profile. This eliminates the need to drill holes in the panel profile while maintaining secure attachment through the clamping action of the jaw against the receptacle's inner surface.
2Shape
If side covering elements are attached using traditional methods, then lateral coverage is achieved, but additional fastening components and processing steps are required
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the side covering function and the fastening function into a single integrated component - the side covering element. The fastening projection with clamping jaw is built into the side covering element, combining what were previously separate functions (coverage and fastening) into one element that performs both roles simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The side covering element is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously provides lateral coverage of the panel profile and serves as the fastening mechanism through its integrated fastening projection. This universal element eliminates the need for separate fastening components, simplifying both the device structure and assembly process.
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AI summary
A panel profile covering device is provided, with at least one side covering element (21) having a longitudinal axis for a panel profile (12) of a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, the side covering element (21) having at least one fastening projection (43a, 43b) which fits into an associated fastening receptacle (32a, 32b) can be inserted on the panel profile (12) and is received there in the inserted state, the fastening projection (43a, 43b) having at least one clamping jaw (44a, 44b; 45a, 45b) which is connected to an inner surface of the fastening receptacle (32a, 32b) can be braced.