Telescopic Wall Profiles With Hinge Clamp for Tool-Free Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing profile systems for constructing walls are laborious to install, require hand tools, or struggle with frictional balance, making them inefficient and unsuitable for uneven floors/ceilings, and offer limited height adjustment.
Innovation Solution
A modifiable profile system with a tension clamp that is hingeable and can engage with construction profiles to provide a quick and efficient installation method without hand tools, allowing for telescopic movement over a large distance and adjustable positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If construction profiles are fixed by screws, then the profiles are securely fixed with respect to each other, but the installation becomes laborious and requires hand tools
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the screw-based mechanical fastening system with a friction-based telescopic connection system. The construction profiles feature telescopic sections that slide into each other and are secured through friction between complementary surface profiles, eliminating the need for screws and hand tools while maintaining structural integrity
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic connection system is designed to be self-aligning and self-securing. The friction surfaces automatically engage and lock the profiles in position through the inherent friction between the mated surface profiles, requiring no additional fastening operations or tools
2Ease of operation
If friction is used to hold profiles in place, then hand tools are not required, but it is difficult to balance friction to ensure smooth telescopic movement while preventing unwanted displacement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different surface characteristics to different regions of the telescopic connection. The external surface of one profile and the internal surface of the other are designed with specific friction properties that allow controlled sliding during installation while providing stable locking in the final position, achieving both ease of operation and position stability through localized surface quality variations
3Productivity
If profiles are click-fitted on floor and ceiling profiles, then installation is quick and efficient without hand tools, but the profiles must be positioned accurately perpendicular to the profiles, making it unsuitable for uneven floors/ceilings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic telescopic connection system where the construction profiles can slide freely along the floor and ceiling profiles during installation. This telescopic movement capability allows the profiles to self-adjust to uneven surfaces and maintain perpendicular alignment dynamically, rather than requiring precise pre-positioning on uneven substrates
4Productivity
If construction profiles are forced apart by a spring, then installation is quick and efficient without hand tools and works on uneven surfaces, but the system is relatively complicated and only allows limited telescopic displacement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the spring mechanism from the system, replacing it with a passive friction-based locking system. The telescopic profiles are designed with friction surfaces that naturally provide both the driving force for connection and the locking mechanism, eliminating the need for separate spring components and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining installation speed and adaptability
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a modifiable profile system (1) for constructing a wall, comprising two construction profiles (2, 3) which are displaceable telescopically with respect to each other and comprise a fixture (4) which is provided so as to be hingeable with respect to a first construction profile (2) of both construction profiles (2, 3) between an open position, in which both construction profiles (2, 3) are displaceable with respect to each other, and a closed position, in which this fixture (4) engages with the second construction profile (3) of both construction profiles (2, 3), so that both construction profiles (2, 3) are fixed with respect to each other.