Sealing device for sealing a sheet pile profile, as well as an assembly and method

Abstract

A sealing device for sealing a sheet pile profile, including a sealing body including a shape complementary to a sheet pile profile, wherein the sealing device includes a casing, which casing envelops the sealing material in a gas-tight manner and wherein, in the casing, such an underpressure has been created that the sealing body is in a shrunken state, and wherein the sealing body is designed to expand into an expanded state when a gas is let into the casing up to an atmospheric pressure, as well as a method for producing an assembly of a sheet pile profile and a sealing device.

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       17 . Sealing device for sealing a sheet pile profile, comprising a sealing body which comprises a shape complementary to a sheet pile profile, which sealing device comprises a casing, said casing enveloping the sealing body in a gas-tight manner, and wherein such an underpressure has been created in the casing that the sealing body is in a shrunken state, and wherein the sealing body is embodied to expand into an expanded state when a gas is let into the casing up to an atmospheric pressure, wherein said sealing body, in the expanded state, having a substantially trapezoidal cross section, the shape of which conforms to the shape of the ribs of the sheet pile profile to be sealed. 
   
   
       18 . Sealing device according to  claim 17 , wherein the sealing body comprises elastic material. 
   
   
       19 . Sealing device according to  claim 17 , wherein the size of the sealing body in the shrunken state is between 30 and 15% smaller than in the expanded state. 
   
   
       20 . Sealing device according to  claim 17 , wherein the size of the sealing body in the shrunken state is between 20 and 25% smaller than in the expanded state. 
   
   
       21 . Sealing device according to  claim 17 , wherein the sealing device comprises rupturing means for rupturing the gas-tight shell of the casing. 
   
   
       22 . Sealing device according to  claim 17 , wherein the sealing body comprises sound-insulating material. 
   
   
       23 . Sealing device according according to  claim 17 , wherein the sealing body and the casing comprise fire-resistant material. 
   
   
       24 . Sealing device according to  claim 17 , wherein the sealing body comprises mineral wool. 
   
   
       25 . Sealing device according to  claim 17 , wherein the casing comprises aluminium foil. 
   
   
       26 . Assembly of a sheet pile profile and a sealing device comprising a sealing body which comprises a shape complementary to a sheet pile profile, which sealing device comprises a casing, said casing enveloping the sealing body in a gas-tight manner, and wherein such an underpressure has been created in the casing that the sealing body is in a shrunken state, and wherein the sealing body is embodied to expand into an expanded state when a gas is let into the casing up to an atmospheric pressure, wherein said sealing body, in the expanded state, having a substantially trapezoidal cross section, the shape of which conforms to the shape of the ribs of the sheet pile profile to be sealed. 
   
   
       27 . Assembly according to  claim 26 , wherein the complementary shape of the sealing body in the expanded state is larger than the shape of the sheet pile profile. 
   
   
       28 . Assembly according to  claim 26 , wherein the complementary shape of the sealing body in the expanded state is between 5 and 10% larger than the shape of the sheet pile profile. 
   
   
       29 . Assembly according to  claim 26 , wherein the complementary shape of the sealing body in the shrunken state is between 10 and 15% smaller than the shape of the sheet pile profile. 
   
   
       30 . Building comprising an assembly of a sheet pile profile and a sealing device comprising a sealing body which comprises a shape complementary to a sheet pile profile, which sealing device comprises a casing, said casing enveloping the sealing body in a gas-tight manner, and wherein such an underpressure has been created in the casing that the sealing body is in a shrunken state, and wherein the sealing body is embodied to expand into an expanded state when a gas is let into the casing up to an atmospheric pressure, wherein said sealing body, in the expanded state, having a substantially trapezoidal cross section, the shape of which conforms to the shape of the ribs of the sheet pile profile to be sealed and a vertical wall, said wall comprising a top side and wherein the sheet pile profile is positioned on the top side and extends transversely to the vertical wall. 
   
   
       31 . Method for producing an assembly according assembly of a sheet pile profile and a sealing device comprising a sealing body which comprises a shape complementary to a sheet pile profile, which sealing device comprises a casing, said casing enveloping the sealing body in a gas-tight manner, and wherein such an underpressure has been created in the casing that the sealing body is in a shrunken state, and wherein the sealing body is embodied to expand into an expanded state when a gas is let into the casing up to an atmospheric pressure, wherein said sealing body, in the expanded state, having a substantially trapezoidal cross section, the shape of which conforms to the shape of the ribs of the sheet pile profile to be sealed, comprising the following steps:
 the provision of a vertical wall comprising a top side,   the placement of a sheet pile profile on the top side of the wall such that the sheet pile profile extends transversely to the wall,   the placement of a sealing device between the top side of the wall and the sheet pile profile, and   the rupturing of the gas-tight shell of the casing.   
   
   
       32 . Method according to  claim 31 , which comprises the step of making a perforation in the casing.