Plastic section for sealing gaps between two motor vehicle body parts

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6629696
  • Patent Number
    6,629,696
  • Date Filed
    Tuesday, August 8, 2000
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, October 7, 2003
    21 years ago
Abstract
A plastic profile for the gap sealing of two car body parts (28, 30) of vehicles, especially for repair enamelling work on vehicles, with an adhesive agent (42) for the removable attachment of the strip-shaped plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) to a surface for avoiding an edge development and an enamel accumulation in the edge area due to enamel mist at the contact points between a plastic profile brought in into the gap of two car body parts for repair enamelling on vehicles and the car body parts, the plastic profile (200) is configured as a fat profile with a rectangular or a square cross section, at least one corner area (40) of one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (200) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction being rounded, an adhesive coating (42) being provided for in the rounded profile area.
Description




FIELD OF APPLICATION




The invention relates to a plastic profile for the gap sealing of two car body parts of vehicles, especially for repair enamelling work on vehicles, with an adhesive agent for the removable attachment of the strip-shaped plastic profile to a surface.




Prior art




For the preparation for example of a car body for repair enamelling, it is generally necessary to mask certain parts or fields so that these parts do not get contact with a spray enamel when enamelling later on. Adhesive strips, plastic strips, joint sealing strips and/or foam strips are appropriate means for this purpose.




For the repair enamelling of vehicles, in most cases, only a part of the car body is repaired. Such partial repairs come by estimation to 90% in an automotive paint shop as against 10% of all vehicle enamelling.




For this purpose, parts of a vehicle have to be masked with paper, foil or a correspondingly appropriate masking means so that only the part to be repaired is enamelled. The delimitations take place almost always in the area of joints. But for this purpose, it is necessary that these joints are protected against penetrating paint mist.




Thus the DE 41 06 960 A1 describes a device for the temporary bridging over of car body joints and gaps or the like to avoid the penetration of abrasive means or of enamel particles during the corresponding treatment of car bodies with at least one adhesive coating for fixing to car body elements. For this purpose, the device is configured as an approximately triangular solid profile made of a flexible foam plastic, of rubber or the like with an adhesive coating on at least one of the three sides. However, this device has the drawback according to which, for certain fitting positions, a filling material applied before enamelling concentrates in edge areas of gaps of car body parts sealed with this device but that this filling material is not completely covered with enamel during the enamelling step. After removal of the device, a strip is formed in the colour of the filling material, thus in another colour than that of the applied enamel. The term “filling material” designates for example a filler applied beforehand for levelling up the unevenness of a surface to be enamelled.




The EP 0 365 510 A1 describes a method and a means for masking at least one part of a surface to be treated, whereby an element which is resistant to surface treatment, is removably fixed on the part of said surface and is removed after completion of the treatment. A compressible padding is applied as an element on at least one part of the irregularity on the surface, whereby the padding can be adapted to the irregularity onto which it is applied. This padding is a round profile. The contact points between the padding and a respective car body part are however placed very near by the gap between the car body parts and are thus greatly subject to an enamel mist. At these points, there are more often undesirable edge developments, since the shape of the contact points further supports an aggregation of enamel particles.




Aim, Solution, Advantage




The aim of this invention is to make available an improved plastic profile of the above mentioned type which eliminates the above mentioned drawbacks, whereby in particular the development of edges due to the enamel mist applied to the contact points and contact areas between the plastic profile and the car body parts is to be avoided, i.e. an enamel concentration in the edge area is to be prevented.




This aim is achieved by a plastic profile of the above mentioned type with the characteristics indicated in claim 1.




For this purpose, the invention provides for a plastic profile that this plastic profile is configured with a square or a rectangular cross section, at least one corner of the rectangular cross section being configured rounded, namely either in form of a quarter circle or in form of a half-circle, the half-circle profile extending then over the whole side running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction.




A plastic profile with such a configuration is used or handled for gap sealing as follows:




(a) Fixing of the plastic profile in a gap area by means of the adhesive means on the fixed car body part, the movable car body part being in an opened state,




(b) Closing of the movable car body part,




(c) Pressing in of the plastic profile into the gap to be sealed by compressing it and




(d) Further pressing in of the plastic profile into the gap to be sealed in such a manner that the bow-shaped configured side of the plastic profile is set back by a predetermined length into the gap to be sealed.




This has the advantage that the development of edges due to applied enamel is efficiently avoided when enamelling, i.e. there is no concentration of enamel in the edge area.




The use of the plastic profile takes place in such a way that the rounded corner of the plastic profile is placed on the fixed car body part in such a way that a contact point of the rounded corner with the fixed car body part is spaced from the gap by a length L, the length L being bigger than the width of the gap.




This has the advantage that a risk of edge development at the contact points between the plastic profile and the car body parts is efficiently reduced, since these contact points are spaced from the gap by a substantial extent and that thus enamel mist cannot directly come into the relatively big hollow space between the gap and the plastic profile to these contact points, but only when deeply penetrating. In other words, the gap protects the contact points from the enamel mist through its substantially smaller extent concerning the distance of the contact points from the gap.




Because the length L is chosen such that the surface of the hollow space between the gap and the plastic profile is four times bigger than the gap itself, we obtain the advantage that an enamel precipitation in the hollow space is approximately four times as little as on the surfaces to be enamelled.




Preferable further improvements of the plastic profile are described in the subclaims.




Thus, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, the long side of the rectangular cross section shows a length of 15 mm to 25 mm, especially of 20 mm or 24 mm, and the short side of the rectangular cross section a length of 8 mm to 10 mm, especially of 9 mm.




For sealing particularly wide gaps, at least two identical plastic profiles are arranged in a row and connected with each other over a nominal crack point at one of the short places of the rectangular cross section which are opposite the rounded corner.




An endless band made of plastic profiles according to the invention with a corresponding simple and field-experienced usability is obtained by the fact that at least two identical plastic profiles are connected in series with each other over a nominal crack point on the short sides of the rectangular cross section, the at least one corner of which being rounded.




For fixing the plastic profile according to the invention for a mounting in a gap before wedging by closing the movable car body part, the adhesive means is placed at at least one long side of the rectangular as well as on the rounding of the cross section. Since an adhesive means is provided for on the rounding, a fitting in each desired angle is possible so that each gap width can be respectively taken into account.




The plastic profile is appropriately made of an absorbent material, in particular of a porous material such as for example foam.




The plastic profile is made of a material which resists to a surface treatment of the car body surface, in particular to enamelling.




There results a particularly simple and efficient arrangement if the bow-shaped side is configured as a cylinder cup partial segment of a cylinder with a certain radius or as a ball cup partial segment of a ball with a predetermined radius. This predetermined radius is for example 7 mm to 10 mm, in particular 8.5 mm or 8 mm.




For obtaining optimal transitions between reenamelled surfaces adjacent to the gap to be sealed and not reenamelled surfaces, the plastic profile is made of an absorbent porous material, in particular of foam.




According to a further embodiment, the adhesive means is placed in the rounded corner. This has the advantage that, with such a profile, each desired angle of the profile can be adjusted inside the gap.




The rounded corner is appropriately configured as an arc of a circle which preferably shows a radius of for example 7 mm to 10 mm, especially of 8.5 mm.




According to a further embodiment of the invention, the plastic profile consists of a profile with a rectangular cross section with longitudinal sides running parallel to each other and in profile longitudinal direction and with narrow sides running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction, a first narrow side of the two narrow sides being rounded and the rounded section showing an adhesive coating and changing to a linearly running section which runs obliquely to the second narrow side and which is prolongated over the longitudinal side of the profile by constituting an approximately triangular surface section and which changes into this with a section, and the second narrow side opposite the bow-shaped section changing into the longitudinal side of the profile by constituting a step over a section running obliquely in direction of the bow-shaped section.




Because of the applying of adhesive substance, it is necessary for this embodiment of a plastic profile that the strip-shaped profiles are set in in tilted position. This specific configuration of the profiles results from this since, for providing a perforation for the later cutting off of individual strips from a strip assembly, the perforation can be made by means of a roller crush cutter only in vertical direction.




Further advantageous configurations of the invention are the object of the subclaims.











SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




Embodiments of the invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the annexed drawings.





FIG. 1

shows in a sectional view a plastic profile with a rectangular cross section and with a quarter circle profile carrying an adhesive coating in the area of the short profil side.





FIG. 2

shows an arrangement of three connected plastic profiles according to

FIG. 1

which are connected with each other over a tear-off edge.





FIGS. 3

to


5


show respective row arrangements of several plastic profiles according to

FIG. 1

, the plastic profiles being connected with each other over tear-off edges.





FIGS. 6

to


11


show different examples for the arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIGS. 1

to


5


between a movable and a fixed car body part.





FIG. 12

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

between a door of a vehicle and a sill beam laterally, at the back, at the bottom.





FIG. 13

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

between a door of a vehicle and a sill beam laterally, at the back, on the top.





FIG. 14

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a door of a vehicle laterally at the back.





FIG. 15

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

beween an engine hood and a front fender of a vehicle.





FIG. 16

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

between a front door and a rear door of a vehicle.





FIG. 17

is a rear view of an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part and a door.





FIG. 18

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part and a door from the top.





FIG. 19

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part in form of a sill beam and a door from the bottom.





FIG. 20

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part and at the side of a door.





FIG. 21

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part and at the side of a rear flap.





FIG. 22

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part and a door.





FIG. 23

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part and a sliding door.





FIG. 24

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part and an engine hood.





FIG. 25

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part and a door from the top.





FIG. 26

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part and a door from the bottom.





FIG. 27

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part and at the side of a door.





FIG. 28

shows an arrangement of a plastic profile according to

FIG. 1

on a car body between a fixed car body part in form of a sill beam and a door from the bottom.





FIGS. 29

to


33


show further examples of an arrangement of plastic profiles according to

FIG. 1

in a gap.





FIG. 34

shows a sectional view of a further embodiment of a T-shaped plastic profile with a rectangular cross section and with a semicircular profile showing an adhesive coating in the area of the short profile side.





FIG. 35

shows a sectional view of an arrangement of two connected plastic profiles with short length according to

FIG. 34

which are connected with each other over a tear-off edge.





FIG. 36

shows a sectional view of a row arrangement of several plastic profiles according to

FIG. 34

, the plastic profiles being connected with each other over tear-off edges.





FIG. 37

shows a sectional view of an arrangement of two connected plastic profiles with a bigger length than the plastic profiles according to

FIG. 35

, the plastic profiles being connected with each other over tear-off edges.





FIG. 38

shows a sectional view of a row arrangement of several plastic profiles according to

FIG. 37

, the plastic profiles being connected with each other over tear-off edges.





FIG. 39

shows a sectional view of an arrangement of two connected plastic profiles with a bigger length than the plastic profiles according to

FIG. 37

, the plastic profiles being connected with each other over tear-off edges.





FIG. 40

shows a lateral view of a row arrangement of several plastic profiles according to

FIG. 39

, the plastic profiles being connected with each other over tear-off edges.





FIG. 41

shows a sectional view of another embodiment of a T-shaped plastic profile with a rectangular cross section and with a moulded neck-type reduced section with a semicircular profile showing an adhesive coating in the area of the shorter profile side.





FIG. 42

shows a sectional view of an arrangement of two connected plastic profiles according to

FIG. 41

which are connected with each other over a tear-off edge.





FIG. 43

shows a sectional view of a row arrangement of several plastic profiles according to

FIG. 41

, the individual plastic profiles being connected with each other over tear-off edges.





FIG. 44

shows a sectional view of an arrangement of two connected plastic profiles with a bigger length than the plastic profiles according to

FIG. 42

, the plastic profiles being connected with each other over tear-off edges.





FIG. 45

shows a sectional representation of a row arrangement of several plastic profiles according to

FIG. 44

which are connected with each other over tear-off edges.





FIG. 46

shows a vertical cross section through a further embodiment of a plastic profile placed between a movable and a fixed car body part with a step-shaped section running obliquely and configured on one end side.





FIGS. 47 and 48

show row arrangements of several plastic profiles connected with each other over tear-off edges according to

FIG. 46

, however with different cross section profile lengths.





FIG. 49

shows a row arrangement of several plastic profiles connected with each other over tear-off edges in vertical cross sections with a small step configuration in the tear-off edge areas.





FIG. 50

shows a row arrangement several plastic profiles connected with each other over tear-off edges in vertical cross sections with a big step configuration in the tear-off edge areas.





FIG. 51

shows in an enlarged cross section a further embodiment of a plastic profile with step-shaped tapers configured in both narrow side areas.





FIG. 52

shows in an enlarged cross section a further embodiment of an approximately rectangular plastic profile with step-shaped tapers configured in one of the two narrow side areas and with a step-shaped configuration configured in the other narrow side area.





FIG. 53

shows the fitting of the plastic profile according to

FIG. 51

in the gap between two car body parts, the plastic profile being fitted in the gap between the two car body parts in oblique position or in diagonal position to the car body parts which are approximately at a right angle to each other.





FIG. 54

shows the fitting of the plastic profile according to

FIG. 52

in the gap between two car body parts, the plastic profile being fitted in the gap between the two car body parts in oblique position or in diagonal position to the car body parts which are approximately at a right angle to each other.





FIG. 55

shows two plastic profiles placed in a row connected with each other with step-shaped tapers configured in the narrow side areas according to

FIG. 51

with a drafted crush cutter in the junction area of the two plastic profiles.





FIG. 56

shows a row arrangement of several plastic profiles connected with each other over tear-off edges in vertical cross sections with step-shaped tapers configured in the narrow side areas.





FIG. 57

shows a row arrangement of several plastic profiles connected with each other over tear-off edges in vertical cross sections with step-shaped tapers and bulges configured in the narrow side areas.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION AND BEST WAY FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION




The embodiment represented in

FIGS. 1 and 2

of a plastic profile


200


in form of a sealing strip shows a substantially rectangular cross section with two long sides


10


,


12


and with two short sides


14


,


15


. The short side


15


has a bow-shaped configured cross section, for example a quarter circle cross section (FIG.


1


). For the plastic profile


200


, only one edge is rounded between the short sides


15


and the long side


12


, namely in form of a quarter circle, the center of the circle radius being approximately situated in the long side


10


; however, it is possible to place the center of the circle radius outside the side


10


so that a flat partial arc of a circle is obtained. An adhesive coating


42


is provided for on this rounded edge


40


. The adhesive coating is, for example, a hot melt coating. The difference between the plastic profiles of

FIGS. 1 and 2

only consists in the respective length of the long sides


10


,


12


and of the short sides


14


,


15


. In the embodiment of

FIG. 1

, the long sides


10


,


12


have a length of approximately 20 mm and the short sides


14


,


15


a length of approximately 9 mm. In the embodiment of

FIG. 2

the long sides


10


,


12


have, for example, a length of approximately 15 mm and the short sides


14


,


15


a length of approximately 8 mm. Thus there result respectively different length ratios between the long and the short sides of the rectangular plastic profile.




Moreover, in

FIGS. 1 and 2

, tear-off edges


48


and


50


can be seen along which several plastic profiles


200


are connected with each other, as can be seen in

FIGS. 8

to


10


, eventually in a row the one behind the other. In this way the plastic profiles are available in a handy way, for example in form of rolls, and have only to be torn off from the roll or from the row the one after the other for being mounted.





FIG. 2

shows a row arrangement of plastic profiles


200


. Hereby a short side


15


of a profile abuts against a short side


14


of an adjacent profile


200


. The joint is again configured with a perforation or a tear-off edge


50


so that adjacent plastic profiles


200


can be separated the one from the other by simply tearing off. The short side


15


has a section with a not rounded profile with a length of approximately 0.5 mm to 2 mm, especially of 1 mm. The rounding is configured with a radius r of for example 8 mm.




The adhesive coating


42


extends on the rounded edge


40


over a predetermined section into a not rounded area of the long side


12


. This predetermined section has, for example, a length of 1.5 mm.





FIGS. 2

to


5


show different row arrangements of plastic profiles


200


with a total length of respectively 360 mm each. The respective short sides


14


of these profiles have a length of approximately 10 mm. The embodiments according to

FIGS. 3

,


4


and


5


differ in the respective length of the long side


10


of respectively 15 mm, 20 mm and 24 mm. Thus, for a total length of the row arrangement of 360 mm, there result in

FIG. 3

twenty four profiles


200


placed in a row, in

FIG. 4

eighteen profiles


200


placed in a row and in

FIG. 5

fifteen profiles


200


placed in a row.





FIG. 6

to


11


show different examples for mounting the plastic profiles


200


of

FIGS. 1

to


2


between a fixed car body part


30


and a movable car body part


28


. A plastic profile


200


is attached or fixed with the adhesive coating


42


to an inner side of the gap


26


to the fixed car body part


30


, first the movable car body part


38


being open and then the movable car body part being closed into the position represented in

FIGS. 6

to


11


. As can be immediately seen in the figures, the contact point


44


is located between the plastic profile


200


and the fixed car body part


30


and is spaced from the gap


26


by a length L. Hereby the length L is much bigger than the gap


26


itself. The contact point


46


between the plastic profile


200


and the movable car body part


28


is also a little set back from the gap


26


. In this way, less paint mist is precipitated at the contact points


44


and


46


than this is the case for the round profile according to the prior art, represented for comparison in

FIG. 6

, at the corresponding contact points A and B. These contact points are namely situated very near to the gap


26


because of the round profile configuration. This position of the contact points is absolutely imperative since otherwise the round profile would not seal the gap


26


.





FIG. 8

shows two fitting positions for the plastic profile


200


with a respective different length of the long sides


10


,


12


. The plastic profile


200


represented with continuous lines has long sides


10


,


12


with a length of approximately 20 mm, whereas the plastic profile


200


represented with dashed lines has long sides


10


,


12


with a length of 25 mm. It is obvious that the fitting angle of the plastic profile


200


changes as well as the position of the contact point


44


between the plastic profile


200


and the fixed car body par


30


or the length L for different lengths of the long side


10


,


12


.




In

FIG. 11

a paint mist is supplementary indicated by


52


in the gap


26


.





FIG. 9

shows a representation similar to

FIGS. 6

to


8


, the fixed car body part


30


and the movable car body part


28


being however placed mirror-inverted to each other, i.e. it is another opposed side of the car body.




For all arrangements according to

FIGS. 6

to


11


, it appears that the rounding


40


of the edge is particularly important. This makes possible to fix the plastic profile


200


in all desired angles in the gap


26


. The gap width is, for example for a car body, usually 5 mm between the door and the door sill. For some car bodies, this width is however much less and is 3.5 mm. Until now, another sealing profile, specially adapted to the gap


26


and its width, had to be made available here. Compared to this, the sealing profile according to the invention is universally usable without construction changes, even for very different gap widths. This also does not require, as can be immediately seen in

FIGS. 6

to


11


, any or any supplementary expenditure of work, since only the fitting angle of the plastic profile


200


according to the invention in the gap has to be selected correspondingly.





FIGS. 12

to


38


show further fitting examples for the plastic profile


200


respectively in a gap


26


between doors


28


or between the engine hood


56


, the rear flap


58


, the sliding door


64


and/or the door


28


and the sill beam


54


, the front fender


60


, the fender


66


and/or the fixed car body part


30


. The length L is approximately 12 mm, 13 mm, 16 mm, 19 mm oder 20 mm. In

FIG. 21

, a fender


62


is additionally illustrated. Arrows


68


indicate respectively the movability of the movable car body part


28


,


56


,


58


and


64


.




Further fitting examples for the plastic profile


200


in a gap


26


between a rear door


28


and a fixed car body part


30


result from

FIGS. 29

to


33


. The door


28


is a rear door and in

FIG. 33

a front door


28


which has been closed in direction of the arrow


29


.

FIGS. 29 and 31

show a fitting with a steep fitting angle and

FIGS. 30 and 32

with a flatter fitting angle, the rounded edge


40


being adjusted once in direction of the gap


26


and once in direction of the gap inner space.

FIG. 33

shows a fitting example with a fitting angle which is situated between the fitting angles of the above mentioned FIG.


30


.





FIGS. 25

to


40


show a further embodiment of a plastic profile


300


which also shows a substantially rectangular cross section with two long sides


10


,


12


and with two short sides


14


,


15


. The short side


15


has a semicircular cross section (FIG.


35


). Accordingly only one of the two short sides


14


,


15


of the plastic profile


300


is configured semicircular, the center of the circle radius for the semicircular section being on the central longitudinal axis ML of the plastic profile. For the embodiment represented in

FIG. 34

, the plastic profile shows a semicircular section in a short side


15


, whereby it is also possible to displace the center MP for the radius of the half circle in direction of the arrow X or X


1


so that the short side


15


shows a bow-shaped course between the sides


10


and


12


.




The plastic profile


300


according to

FIG. 34

shows, like the plastic profile


200


, an approximately rectangular cross section with longitudinal sides


10


,


12


and with narrow sides


14


,


15


, the narrow side


15


being semicircular. This semicircular section


40


′ is provided with an adhesive coating


42


′ which however extends over half the semicircular section


40


′, as represented in FIG.


34


. The adhesive coating


40


′ is provided for adjacent to the longitudinal side


12


of the profile. The other narrow side


14


constitutes a T-shaped area by constituting two lateral surface sections


14




a


,


14




b


which do not have dimensions for the embodiment according to

FIG. 34

, whereas the T-shaped area for the embodiment according to


41


extends over the biggest part of the whole profile.




An adhesive coating


42


′ made of a preferably redetachable adhesive substance is provided for on the outer wall surface of the semicircular bow-shaped section of the side


15


of the plastic profile


300


, this adhesive coating extending however only over a partial section


40





a


of the rounded edge or over the bow-shaped section


40


′. This predetermined section


40





a


with the adhesive coating


42


′ extends approximately from the middle of the whole rounded edge


40


′ and/or edge surface as far as into the not rounded area of the long side


12


, as represented in FIG.


34


.




The side


14


of the plastic profile


300


which is not turned to the rounded side


15


is, for the embodiment shown in

FIG. 34

, provided with lateral enlargements


14




a


,


14




b


so that the plastic profile is configured with a T-shaped cross section. In the gap sealing state, an improved sealing bearing on the movable car body part


28


, for example a door, and on the fixed car body part


30


is achieved with such a configured plastic profile


300


so that the gap


26


is completely sealed, an adhering of the plastic profile


300


to the fixed car body part


30


being achieved by means of the adhesive coating


42


′. The position of the plastic profile


300


is thus secured between the two car body parts. Besides, the inner profiles


28




a


of the movable car body part


28


can be pressed into the material of the plastic profile


300


, as shown in

FIG. 34

, whereby however a sufficient bearing of the side


14


with the lateral enlargements


14




a


,


14




b


of the plastic profile


300


on the movable car body part


28


is achieved, the sealing being then carried out by the profile enlargement


14




a


which thus represents a lateral enlargement of the plastic profile


300


so that it is also possible to carry out the enamel coating


310


as far as into the plastic profile area without enamel being applied as far as onto the plastic profile


300


.





FIG. 34

shows the mounting of the plastic profile


300


between two car body parts


28


,


30


and the comprehensive sealing of the gap


26


between the two car body parts.





FIGS. 35

to


40


show different row arrangements of plastic profiles


300


, whereby the

FIGS. 35

,


37


and


39


show respectively two plastic profiles


300


connected with each other over a tear-off edge


50


in different sizes, whereby plastic profiles with an enlargement


14




a


or


14




b


configured on one side can also be used, as shown in FIG.


35


. The row arrangements of plastic profiles


300


represented in the

FIGS. 36

,


38


,


40


correspond to the plastic profiles represented in the

FIGS. 35

,


37


and


39


. All the represented plastic profiles


300


show on one side a semicircular profile configuration, the adhesive coating


42


′ being provided approximately on half the length of the outer perimeter of the half-circle profile. The sprayed enamel can then settle around the car body partial roundings


28




b


without this car body partial rounding area being covered by sealing material (FIG.


34


).





FIGS. 41

to


45


show a further embodiment of a plastic profile


400


. The plastic profile


400


consists of an approximately square cross section with the sides


10


,


12


running in profile longitudinal direction and the sides


14


,


15


running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction. In one of the two sides


14


,


15


, according to

FIG. 41

, a neck-type reduced section


410


is moulded on the side


15


, section which shows a circular arc-shaped profile, preferably a semicircular profile or a rounded edge


40


″. This circular arc profile


40


″ can directly change into the side


15


of the cross section profile of the plastic profile


400


. However it is also possible to let change the circular arc profile


40


″ into lateral sections


10


′,


12


′ running in the longitudinal direction of the plastic profile


400


. An adhesive coating


42


″ is applied in the area of the circular arc profile


40


″, coating which approximately extends over half the length of the perimeter of the circular arc profile


40


″, as represented in FIG.


41


. The adhesive coating


42


″ preferably extends as far as into the area of the lateral section


12


′ so that a comprehensive sealing of the gap


26


between two car body parts


28


,


30


is guaranteed. Also by using this plastic profile


400


, a gap sealing is achieved in the way that the outer wall surface of the nose-shaped element


28




b


of the car body part


28


is not covered by the plastic profile


400


so that, when enamelling, the enamel can be applied on the wall surface around this bulging as far as into the area of the gap sealing plastic profile without unpleasant fins or edges being able to develop in the end area of the applied enamel, when the plastic profile is removed from the gap.





FIGS. 42

to


45


show the arrangement of two plastic profiles


400


(

FIGS. 42

,


44


) which are connected with each other over tear-off edges (nominal breaking lines)


50


, while

FIGS. 43 and 45

show several plastic profiles


400


combined in a row which are also connected with each other over tear-off edges


50


. The plastic profiles


400


according to

FIGS. 42 and 43

show an approximately square cross section with a moulded neck-type reduced section


410


. For the plastic profile


400


according to

FIGS. 44 and 45

, the start is an approximately rectangular cross section on which the neck-type reduced section


410


is moulded.




The plastic profiles


300


,


400


represented in

FIGS. 34

to


45


and described above can be produced at low cost, particularly since only a milling shape roll is required for the production. The further cutting off of a plastic profile strip from the remaining plastic profiles is then carried out with a perforated roller cutter. The tear-off edges or the nominal breaking points


50


are then always preferably provided for between two plastic profile strips, if a cutting off of individual plastic strips has to be carried out manually on the spot.




Pratical tests with the plastic profile


200


,


300


have proved that probably because of damming up of air in the gap


26


in a space or a hollow space cut off from the plastic profile


200


,


300


, substantially no enamel or paint enters so that an edge formation due to settlement and accumulation of enamel or paint is efficiently avoided.




In order to place a plastic profile


200


,


300


,


400


according to the invention in a gap to be sealed between a movable and a fixed car body part of a vehicle, the procedure is as follows:




(a) Fixing of the plastic profile in a gap area by means of the adhesive means on the fixed car body part, the movable car body part being in an opened state,




(b) Closing of the movable car body part,




(c) Pressing in of the plastic profile into the gap to be sealed by compressing it and




(d) Further pressing in of the plastic profile into the gap to be sealed in such a manner that the bow-shaped configured side of the plastic profile is set back by a predetermined length into the gap to be sealed.




A further arrangement consists in that the rounded area of the plastic profile is placed on the fixed car body part in such a way that a contact point of the rounded corner with the fixed car body part is spaced from the gap by a length L, the length L being bigger than the width of the gap, the length L being selected so that a hollow space between the gap and the plastic profile is four times as big as the gap itself.





FIGS. 46

to


50


show a further embodiment of a plastic profile


500


as a sealing strip for a gap between two car body parts, for example a fixed car body part


30


and a movable car body part


28


of a passenger car, the plastic profile


500


being placed in the gap


26


between the two car body parts


28


,


30


(FIG.


1


).


310


designates an enamel layer.




The plastic profile


500


consists in a profile


501


with a rectangular cross section with longitudinal sides


10


,


12


running parallel to each other and with narrow sides


14


,


15


running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction. Among the two narrow sides


14


,


15


, the narrow side


15


is rounded. This rounded section


511


changes on the one hand into the longitudinal side


12


of the profil


501


and on the other hand into a linearly running section


512


. This section


512


runs obliquely to the narrow side


14


and is prolongated over the longitudinal side


10


of the profile


501


by constituting an approximately rectangular surface section


515


and changes into this with a section


512




a


which runs obliquely to the narrow side


14


so that the triangular surface section


515


is constituted by the sides


512


,


512




a.






The rounded section


511


of the profile


501


is provided with an adhesive coating


42


(FIG.


1


).




The narrow side


14


of the profile


501


opposite the bow-shaped section


511


changes to a section


520


into the longitudinal side


12


of the profile


501


, section which is obliquely running in direction of the bow-shaped section


511


by constituting a step


525


. Approximately half the length of the narrow side


14


of the profile


501


is configured as obliquely running section


520


which shows the step


525


. The obliquely running section


520


with the step


525


of the narrow side


14


consists of two sections


520




a


,


520




b


which are offset relatively to each other, sections which are connected by a section


520




c


which is at right angles to the sections


520




a


,


520




b.






According to a first embodiment according to

FIG. 49

, the section


520




b


of the step


525


of the narrow side


14


, section


520




b


which runs adjacent obliquely to the longitudinal side


12


of the profile


501


, shows a shorter length than the section


520




a


running adjacent obliquely to the section


14




a


of the narrow side


14


, section


14




a


which runs transversely to the profile longitudinal direction. According to

FIG. 50

, both obliquely running sections


520




a


,


520




b


of the step


525


of the narrow side


14


of the profile


501


show the same length. Other length dimensions of the sections


520




a


,


520




b


of the step


525


are also possible.




As

FIGS. 42

to


50


show, several plastic profiles


500


arranged in a row are connected with each other over tear-off edges


530


,


531


, as it is also the case for the plastic profiles


200


,


300


,


400


. The plastic profiles


500


according to

FIGS. 41 and 50

are arranged in a row and connected with each other so that both lateral sections


512


,


520




b


of the profile


501


which run parallel to each other and which show for example the same length constitute the tear-off edges


530


,


531


so that the plastic profiles


500


connected with each other over their lateral sections


512


,


520




b


have, with reference to their longitudinal axes LA, an angular position of 35° to 45° to the horizontal basis line GL which is constituted by the corner areas in which the longitudinal sides


10


of the profiles


501


are brought together with their lateral sections


14




a


(FIG.


50


).




For the plastic profiles


500


′,


500


″ represented in

FIGS. 51 and 52

also, the start is an approximately rectangular cross section profile


501


′, the approximately parallel running longitudinal sides of which are indicated by


10


,


12


and their narrow sides by


14


,


15


, the narrow side


15


being only drafted in order to obtain a reference line for the head side configuration. The center of the profile


501


′ is indicated by M, the center longitudinal line by MLL and the center transversal line by MQL. The profile narrow side


14


changes by constituting a reduced step


525


over an obliquely rising section


525




a


into the longitudinal side


12


, the linearly running section


12




a


of which changes into a circular bow-shaped section


511


which supports the adhesive means layer


42


, the taper constituted by the step-shaped section


525


being approximately triangular.




The section


560


which follows the circular bow-shaped section


511


of the profile


501


′ and which changes into the longitudinal side


10


shows a specifically configured profile, as represented in

FIGS. 51 and 52

. A partially circular section


560




a


which changes to a linearly or slightly obliquely running section


560




b


follows the circular arc section


511


which shows the adhesive coating


42


. This section


560




b


is followed by a section


560





c


which runs in direction of the profile narrow side


10


and which changes into the narrow side


10


by constituting a reduced step


555


. This step


555


is constituted by two sections


560




d


and


560




e


. In this case also, the taper formed by the step-shaped configuration constitutes an approximately triangular surface. The configuration and the structure of the plastic profile


500


″ according to

FIG. 52

corresponds approximately to that of

FIG. 51

, however with the difference that the narrow side


15


shows a different profile configuration. The partially circular section


560




a


changes into a section


560




a


′ which runs strongly obliquely to the longitudinal side


10


, section


560




a


′ which is followed by the slightly inclined section


560




b


which changes into the section


560




c


running strongly obliquely or inclined to the narrow side


10


, section


560




c


which however projects over the prolongated narrow side


10


and which changes into the narrow side


10


by constituting a step-shaped section


555


′, the step-shaped section


555


′ constituting a bulge with a triangular surface. The plastic profile


500


′ shows thus step-shaped tapers


525


,


555


in its both narrow side areas


14


,


15


and the plastic profile


500





a


step-shaped taper


525


in the narrow side area


14


and a step-shaped bulge


555


′ in the other narrow side area


15


(

FIGS. 51

,


52


,


56


,


57


).





FIG. 53

shows the arrangement of the plastic profile


500


′ in the gap between two car body parts


28


,


30


, the nonskid fixing of the plastic profile being carried out by means of the adhesive means layer


42


on the inner wall surface of the car body part


30


, the plastic profile


500


′ taking a position in an angle of approximately 50° to 60°; the angle dimension depends respectively from the position of the two car body parts


28


,


30


to each other.




The production of the plastic profiles


500


′,


500


″ results from the row arrangement of several plastic profiles


500


′ (


55


,


56


) and several plastic profiles


500


″ (FIG.


57


). Respectively two plastic profiles


500


′ or


500


″ are connected with each other over perforations, i.e. over tear-off edges


530


,


531


. For the production of plastic profiles in row arrangement, a perforated cut is made by means of a crush cutter


590


. The applying of the adhesive substance is made then after this perforated cut (FIG.


55


).





FIGS. 56 and 57

show plastic profiles


500


′,


500


′ placed in rows. The tear-off edges are indicated by


600


.



Claims
  • 1. A plastic profile for the gap sealing of two car body parts (28, 30) of vehicles, especially for repair enameling work on vehicles, with an adhesive agent (42) for the removable attachment of the strip-shaped plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) to the surface, wherein the plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) is configured as a flat profile with a rectangular or a square cross section, wherebyone corner area (40) of one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (200; 500) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction has a rounded profile area, wherein an adhesive coating (42) is provided in the rounded profile area;wherein a long side (10, 12) of the rectangular cross section of the plastic profile (200; 300) has a length of 15 mm to 25 mm, and a short side of the rectangular cross section has a length of 8 mm to 11 mm,wherein the plastic profile (200; 300) is connected with an adjacent identical plastic profile by a nominal breaking point (50) on a first one of the two sides of the rectangular cross section which is opposite the rounded corner and connected with another adjacent indentical plastic profile by an opposite nominal breaking point (48) on a second one of the two sides (15) of the rectangular cross-section, the one corner (40) of which is rounded.
  • 2. A plastic profile according to claim 1, the plastic profile (200; 300) is provided with an adhesive coating (42) in the rounded profile area and on the profile outside.
  • 3. A plastic profile according to claim 1, the plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500) is made of an absorbent, especially of a porous material.
  • 4. A plastic profile according to claim 1, the plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500) is made of foam.
  • 5. A plastic profile according to claim 1, the plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500) is made of a material which resists to a surface treatment of the car body surface, in particular to enamelling.
  • 6. A plastic profile according to claim 1, wherein the rounded corner (40) is configured as an arc of a circle.
  • 7. A plastic profile according to claim 6, the arc of the circle has a radius of 7 mm to 10 mm.
  • 8. A plastic profile according to claim 6, wherein the arc of the circle has a radius of 8.5 mm.
  • 9. A plastic profile according to claim 6, wherein the arc of the circle has a radius of 8 mm.
  • 10. A plastic profile according to claim 1, wherein the long side of the rectangular cross section of the plastic profile has a length of 20 mm to 24 mm, and the short side has a length of 9 mm.
  • 11. A plastic profile for the gap sealing of two car body parts (28, 30) of vehicles, especially for repair enameling work on vehicles, with an adhesive agent (42) for the removable attachment of the strip-shaped plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) to the surface, wherein the plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) is configured as a flat profile with a rectangular or a square cross section, wherebyat least one corner area (40) of one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (200; 500) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction has a rounded profile area, or one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (300) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction has a rounded profile area, or a neck-shaped reduced section is molded on one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (400) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction and has a rounded profile area, wherein an adhesive coating (42) is provided in the rounded profile area;wherein the plastic profile (200; 300) shows lateral enlargements (14a, 14b) on one side or on both sides on the side (14) of its cross section profile which is not provided with the rounded profile area (15).
  • 12. A plastic profile according to claim 11, two corners of the rectangular cross section are rounded so that a short side (15) of the rectangular cross section is configured as a bow-shaped side (15).
  • 13. A plastic profile according to claim 12, the plastic profile (200; 300) is configured compressible so that the bow-shaped side (15) in a mounting position for gap sealing is set back into a gap (26) by a predetermined length.
  • 14. A plastic profile according to claim 12, wherein the bow-shaped side (15) is configured as a cylinder cup partial segment of a cylinder with a predetermined radius.
  • 15. A plastic profile according to claim 12, wherein the bow-shaped side (15) is a ball cup partial segment of a ball with a predetermined radius.
  • 16. A plastic profile according to claim 11, the plastic profile (300) is configured semicircular on one end side, the adhesive coating (42′) extending approximately over half the length of the circular arc perimeter.
  • 17. A plastic profile according to claim 11, the plastic profile (300) is configured bow-shaped on one end side, the bow-shaped section (40′) extending from the one long side (10) to the other long side (12) of the cross section profile, the adhesive coating (42″ being fixed approximately on half the length of the bow-shaped perimeter.
  • 18. A plastic profile according to claim 11, wherein the adhesive coating (42) extends in the rounded profile area of the cross-section profile with a section as far as into the area of a long side (10; 12) of the cross section profile which is adjacent to the adhesive coating (42).
  • 19. A plastic profile according to claim 11, wherein several plastic profiles are arranged in a row and connected with each other over tear-off edges.
  • 20. A plastic profile according to claim 19, wherein several plastic profiles arranged in a row (500) are connected with each other over tear-off edges (530, 531), both lateral sections (512, 520b) of a profile (501) running parallel to each other and showing the same length constituting the tear-off edges (530, 531) so that the plastic profiles (500) connected with each other over their lateral sections (512; 520b), have with reference to their longitudinal axes (LA), and angular position of 35° to 45° to the horizontal basis line (GL) which is constituted by the corner areas (540) in which the longitudinal sides (10) of the profiles (501) abroad together with their lateral sections (14a).
  • 21. A plastic profile for the gap sealing of two car body parts (28, 30) of vehicles, especially for repair enameling work on vehicles, with an adhesive agent (42) for the removable attachment of the strip-shaped plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) to the surface, wherein the plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) is configured as a flat profile with a rectangular or a square cross section, wherebyat least one corner area (40) of one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (200; 500) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction has a rounded profile area, or one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (300) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction has a rounded profile area, or a neck-shaped reduced section is molded on one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (400) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction and has a rounded profile area, wherein an adhesive coating (42) is provided in the rounded profile area;wherein the plastic profile (500) is made of a profile (501) with a rectangular profile with longitudinal sides (10, 12) running parallel to each other and in profile longitudinal direction and with narrow sides (14, 15) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction, a first narrow side (15) of the two narrow sides (14, 15) being rounded and the rounded section (511) showing an adhesive coating (42) and changing into a linearly running section (512) which runs obliquely to the second narrow side (14) and which is extended over the longitudinal side (10) of the profile (501) by constituting an approximately triangular surface section (515) and this changing with a section (512a).
  • 22. A plastic profile according to claim 21, wherein approximately half the length of the second narrow side (14) of the profile (501) is configured as an obliquely running section (520) having a step (525).
  • 23. A plastic profile according to claim 22, wherein the obliquely running section (520) with the step (525) of the second narrow side (14) consists of two sections (520a, 520b) offset to each other which are connected over a section (520c) which is at right angles to the sections (520a, 520b).
  • 24. A plastic profile according to claim 23, wherein the obliquely running section (520b) of the step (525) of the second narrow side (14), section which is adjacent to the longitudinal side (12) of the profile (501), has a shorter length than the obliquely running section (520a) adjacent to the section (14a) of the narrow side (14) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction.
  • 25. A plastic profile according to claim 23, wherein both obliquely running sections (520a, 520b) of the step (525) of the second narrow side (14) of the profile (501) have the same length.
  • 26. A plastic profile according to claim 21, wherein several plastic profiles (200; 300; 400; 500) are arranged in a row and connected with each other over tear-off edges (530, 531).
  • 27. A plastic profile according to claim 26, wherein several plastic profiles arranged in a row (500) are connected with each other over tear-off edges (530, 531), both lateral sections (512, 520b) of a profile (501) running parallel to each other and showing the same length constituting the tear-off edges (530, 531) so that the plastic profiles (500) connected with each other over their lateral sections (512, 520b), have with reference to their longitudinal axes (LA), and angular position of 35° to 45° to the horizontal basis line (GL) which is constituted by the corner areas (540) in which the longitudinal sides (10) of the profiles (501) abroad together with their lateral sections (14a).
  • 28. A plastic profile for the gap sealing of two car body parts (28, 30) of vehicles, especially for repair enameling work on vehicles, with an adhesive agent (42) for the removable attachment of the strip-shaped plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) to the surface, wherein the plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) is configured as a flat profile with a rectangular or a square cross section, wherebyat least one corner area (40) of one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (200; 500) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction has a rounded profile area, or one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (300) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction has a rounded profile area, or a neck-shaped reduced section is molded on one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (400) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction and has a rounded profile area, wherein an adhesive coating (42) is provided in the rounded profile area;wherein the plastic profile (500′) shows an approximately rectangular cross section profile with the longitudinal sides (10, 12) and the narrow sides (14, 15) and a step-shaped taper (525, 555) is constituted in each narrow side area, the longitudinal side (12) of the profile changing into the upper narrow side (15) of the profile over a bow-shaped section (511) carrying an adhesive coating (42).
  • 29. A plastic profile according to claim 28, the narrow side (14) of the profile changes into an ascending or an obliquely running section (525a) in direction to the longitudinal side (12) by constituting a step-shaped taper (525) and that a further short bow-shaped section (560a) follows the bow-shaped section (511) of the profile which supports the adhesive coating (42), bow-shaped section (560a) which changes into an obliquely running section (560b) which is followed by a section (560c) strongly inclined in direction to the narrow side (10) which changes into the narrow side (10) by constituting a step-shaped taper (555).
  • 30. A plastic profile for the gap sealing of two car body parts (28, 30) of vehicles, especially for repair enameling work on vehicles, with an adhesive agent (42) for the removable attachment of the strip-shaped plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) to the surface, wherein the plastic profile (200; 300; 400; 500; 500′; 500″) is configured as a flat profile with a rectangular or a square cross section, wherebyat least one corner area (40) of one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (200; 500) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction has a rounded profile area, or one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (300) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction has a rounded profile area, or a neck-shaped reduced section is molded on one of the two sides (14, 15) of the plastic profile (400) running transversely to the profile longitudinal direction and has a rounded profile area, wherein an adhesive coating (42) is provided in the rounded profile area;wherein the plastic profile (500″) shows an approximately rectangular cross section profile with the longitudinal sides (10, 12) and the narrow sides (14, 15) and a step-shaped taper (525) is configured in the narrow side area (14) in the transition area to the longitudinal side (12) and a step-shaped bulge (555′) is configured in the narrow side area (15) in the transition area to the longitudinal side (10, the longitudinal side (12) of the profile changing into the upper narrow side (15) of the profile over a bow-shaped section (511) carrying an adhesive coating (42).
  • 31. A plastic profile according to claim 30, the narrow side (14) of the profile changes into an ascending or an obliquely running section (525a) in direction to the longitudinal side (12) by constituting a step-shaped taper (525) and that a further short and flat bow-shaped section (560a) follows the bow-shaped section (511) of the profile which supports the adhesive coating (42), bow-shaped section (560a) which changes into an obliquely running section (560a′) in direction of the longitudinal side (10) which is followed by a flat obliquely running section (560b) and which is followed by a strongly obliquely running section (560c) which changes into the longitudinal side (10) by constituting a step-shaped bulge (555′) coming out from the longitudinal side (10) of the profile.
Priority Claims (3)
Number Date Country Kind
298 05 733 U Mar 1998 DE
298 06 610 U Apr 1998 DE
298 14 107 U Aug 1998 DE
PCT Information
Filing Document Filing Date Country Kind
PCT/EP98/05179 WO 00
Publishing Document Publishing Date Country Kind
WO99/49986 10/7/1999 WO A
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