Sliding Door Housing Privacy Screen Profile Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sliding door systems with visual protection devices are vulnerable to inspection and intervention from below, and long cladding profiles compromise mechanical stability due to excessive length, leading to twisting and reduced rigidity.
Innovation Solution
A housing with a visual protection profile featuring contact sections and a profile retaining clip that securely attaches to the cladding and wall profiles, providing complete coverage and enhanced mechanical stability through force transmission, allowing for reduced material thickness and cost-effective construction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the cladding profile extends completely between two adjacent transverse walls for optical and static reasons, then optical protection is improved, but mechanical stability deteriorates due to twisting and reduced rigidity in extremely long profiles
Solution Approach 1:
The cladding profile is divided into multiple shorter segments instead of using one extremely long continuous profile. These segments are spaced apart and connected through the sliding door assembly, creating a modular structure that maintains optical protection while avoiding the twisting and rigidity problems of extremely long profiles.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding door assembly acts as an intermediary element connecting the cladding profile segments. The assembly includes components that bridge the gaps between segments, providing structural support and maintaining the overall stability of the system without requiring the cladding profile to be continuously supported over its entire length.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the cladding profile is made extremely long to extend beyond the door opening for optical reasons, then optical protection is improved, but the profile becomes vulnerable to intervention from below and mechanical interference
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the cladding profile into shorter sections connected through the sliding door assembly, the system maintains the optical protection function while creating a structure that is less accessible from below. The segmented design with gaps reduces the continuous open space that would otherwise be vulnerable to intervention.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the cladding profile is made extremely long to provide complete coverage, then optical protection is improved, but material costs and structural requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cladding profile is segmented into multiple shorter sections rather than using one extremely long continuous profile. This segmentation reduces the structural requirements for each individual segment, allowing for simpler support structures and reduced material costs while maintaining the overall optical protection function through the distributed arrangement of segments.
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 solution significantly improves mechanical stability and protection against mechanical influences and dirt, reducing twisting and rattling, while enabling cost-effective and simple assembly with enhanced optical protection.
Implementation Method 1
a profile retaining clip (40), which is attached to the cladding profile (20) by means of a fastening section (42) and is equipped with a flexible retaining section (44), which contacts the privacy profile (30) in a force-loading manner
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a privacy screen (10) for a housing (110) of a sliding door system (100), comprising a cladding profile (20) for partially cladding an interior (112) of the housing (110), further comprising a privacy screen profile (30) with a privacy screen section (36) for covering a sliding opening (120) between the cladding profile (20) and a wall profile (130) of the housing (110) and a first mounting section (32) as well as a second mounting section (34) adjacent to two different sides of the privacy screen section (36), further comprising at least one profile retaining clip (40) attached to the cladding profile (20) by means of a fastening section (42) with a flexible retaining section (44) which contacts the privacy screen profile (36) in a force-applying manner. The invention further relates to a method for mounting a privacy screen (10).