IP Library Granted Patent US 12,467,251
Granted Patent B2
US 12,467,251 · App. 18/042,467 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Sealing device for edge joints and drywall

Inventor: Christian Förg (Buchloe, DE)
Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
E04B1/6813E04B1/947E04B1/948E04F13/06E04F19/0436E04F19/064E04B2/7872
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Patent No.
US 12,467,251
App. No.
18/042,467
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealing device can be used for an edge joint between a cladding part of drywall and an adjacent floor, wall, or ceiling. The sealing device contains a one-piece base body having a carrier portion, a contact portion, and a sealing portion. The carrier portion forms a support for the circumferential side of the cladding part. The contact portion starts from the carrier portion and protrudes in a first direction angled with respect to the carrier portion in order to rest against an edge of an end face of the cladding part. The sealing portion starts from the carrier portion and extends away from the carrier portion. The sealing portion has two spaced apart webs that bridge the edge joint. Furthermore, drywall can have at least one cladding part and a sealing device of this type.

Claims (33)

1 . A sealing device for an edge joint between a cladding part of drywall and an adjacent floor, wall, or ceiling, the sealing device comprising:

a one-piece base body having

a carrier portion which forms a support for a circumferential side of the cladding part,

a contact portion starting from the carrier portion and protruding in a first direction angled with respect to the carrier portion in order to rest against an edge of an end face of the cladding part, and

a sealing portion starting from the carrier portion and extending away from the carrier portion,

wherein the sealing portion has two spaced apart webs which bridge the edge joint,

the contact portion and one of the two spaced apart webs lie in one plane, and

at a free end, the contact portion forms a U-shaped clip portion, viewed in cross section, wherein the clip portion is open in a direction of the two spaced apart webs for attaching the sealing device on an on-site holding rail.

2 . The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein a web of the two spaced apart webs extends from opposite ends of the carrier portion, viewed in cross section.

3 . The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein the two spaced apart webs of the sealing portion run parallel to one another.

4 . The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing portion has a seal which is present between the two spaced apart webs.

5 . The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing portion has an intumescent seal which is present between the two spaced apart webs.

6 . The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two spaced apart webs branches out in a V-shape, viewed in cross section, near a free end so as to form a sealing lip.

7 . The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing device is an H-profile in which the carrier portion forms a central web,

wherein the two spaced apart webs form the sealing portion,

wherein two oppositely running webs form the contact portion, and

wherein the cladding part can be received between the two oppositely running webs of the contact portion.

8 . The sealing device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the two oppositely running webs has a free end,

wherein at least one of the two oppositely running webs of the contact portion runs outwards to the free end in order to form an insertion bevel for the cladding part, and/or

wherein, in a region of the free end, the two oppositely running webs of the contact portion run in portions towards one another and again away from one another in order to form a clamping zone for the cladding part.

9 . The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing device is an h-profile, in which the carrier portion forms a central web,

wherein at least the two spaced apart webs form the sealing portion, and

wherein an oppositely running web forms the contact portion.

10 . The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing device is an extrusion profile.

11 . Drywall, comprising:

at least one cladding part, and

at least one sealing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one cladding part rests with a circumferential side against the carrier portion, and wherein the sealing portion rests against the adjacent floor, wall, or ceiling.

12 . The drywall according to claim 11 , wherein at a free end, the contact portion forms a U-shaped clip portion, viewed in cross section, wherein the clip portion is open in a direction of the two spaced apart webs, and

wherein a holding rail fastened on-site is present, wherein the holding rail protrudes from the floor, wall, or ceiling, and is inserted into the clip portion.

13 . The drywall according to claim 11 , wherein the sealing device is an H-profile and the at least one cladding part is inserted between two webs of the contact portion.

14 . The sealing device according to claim 4 , wherein the seal, in an unloaded state, protrudes from a space formed between the two spaced apart webs.

15 . The sealing device according to claim 4 , wherein the seal merges in one piece into the two spaced apart webs, or wherein the seal is formed from a different material than the two spaced apart webs.

Priority Claims (1)
EP 20192384 · Aug 24, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
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