EP1779754A1 - Shower board with drain channel system - Google Patents

Abstract

The shower board has a floor drainage system which contains one or more extruded sections of predetermined shape as drainage channel elements. The floor drainage system consists of channel elements with two different profiles when viewed in cross section, wherein a first profile is provided as a wall transition profile and a second profile as a floor transition profile. An independent claim is included for a kit for a shower board which contains one or more extruded profiles of predetermined shape as a channel element.

Description

State of the art

The present invention is in the field of sanitary systems and relates to a shower board with a shower base plate and a floor drainage system according to the preamble of claim 1.

Such a shower board is offered by the company Gerloff, 37269 Eschwege, as a system solution and is in DE 200 20 464 U1 released. This "shower floor system" contains at least 3 essential system elements, namely a shower base plate, which forms the surface for the showering person equipped as a decorative surface, a border for the shower base plate, which surrounds the shower base plate on the outside and forms a closed frame around this plate, wherein between edge enclosure and Shower bottom plate is formed around the plate surrounding drain hole for shower water, simply as a gap between the plate and its edge enclosure; and as a third element, a support body for the shower base plate and the edge enclosure, which is integrally formed as a three-dimensionally shaped element and has therein integrated drainage channels and a siphon element. Optionally, as the fourth element, an edge skirt is provided when the shower base system is constructed as a base and thus is not installed flush with the floor in the sanitary room. A similar system is offered by Illbruck, D-51381 Leverkusen (Illbruck LARGO).

Furthermore, offered by the company Illbruck, D-51381 Leverkusendas system Illbruck LIFE with integrated gutter. Furthermore, a system with integrated gutter is also in DE 20 2004 018 777 1 disclosed.

Although these aforementioned systems offer visually appealing shower floors because they can be made relatively flat and do without a classic, usually round drain hole inside the shower base, such a system has serious disadvantages, if these systems should be offered with a large variety of forms, or if Custom made to be made. Such a variety of forms is currently well received by the market and therefore represents a serious need dar.

Unfortunately, the showerhead systems described above are not well suited if they are to be used as a basis for many different types of shower trays. Because they are relatively rigid, inflexible systems. For example, as the GERLOFF system shows, the above-mentioned 3 system elements shower base plate, edge surround and support body must always be produced to match one another. If, for example, instead of a corner of a square shower base, a rounded shower floor edge (for example a quarter-circle shower) is offered by the system manufacturer, then it is forced to adapt all three aforementioned system elements to this modified form. For this reason, such a system is in most cases only relatively expensive to bring to market, or lacks the often desired variety of shapes.

If a shower base system is to be offered in a wide variety of shapes and reasonable installation costs at low prices, so could be a way to resolve the dependence of the geometric shapes between the bottom plate and the drainage system. This would mean, however a departure from the advanced design of the above-mentioned Gerloff system to a classic shower tray or shower tray with a cup located inside the cup bottom, just without a marginal gutter system. In this case, there would be a lesser effort for the production of the individualized forms of the mentioned variety of forms, since only the cup or tub as a single component needs to realize the variety of forms. Unfortunately, such a shower floor system is no longer timely and therefore does not represent a real alternative.

This is even more so than that in these "classic" forms especially for barrier-free, flush installation, additional gutters for creep are often necessary for shower trays with an internal drain in the area under marginal expansion joints between the edge of the cup and bottom or cup edge and wall invisible are attached to the shower user. Such gutters are for example in DE 197 31 259 A1 . DE 298 19 329 U1 or DE 20 2004 004 277 U1 are disclosed and serve crawler water, which seeps through leaks at the expansion joint down to catch and discharge into the drain, so that it does not get into the floor of the room and from there causes more extensive damage to the building. Since these gutters also follow the contour of the expansion joint of the cup rim, they must also be made customized in shape, if the desired variety of shapes of a shower tray is to be realized. This increases the effort and more expensive such a shower floor system.

To realize the above-mentioned variety of shapes of a shower tray with a modern design, you could also offer a shower tray in an individualized variety of forms and each matching gutter elements each model-specific mitliefern and mount everything on site.

Such gutter elements are offered for example by the company Quickdrain or Easydrain. The gutter elements are each assigned to the edge of the shower tray, represent their own, high-quality design elements and therefore consist of high quality material, such as stainless steel. They include a body with a drainage port for the collected water and a top-side grate surface with many small openings through which the shower water can drain.
However, both systems are not suitable to produce the mentioned variety of shapes inexpensive and low cost, because materials such as stainless steel are relatively expensive and these gutter systems are made of flat sheets, which are linearly folded. Such a gutter system is therefore very poorly suited for rounding.
To produce round shapes, therefore, these sheets would have to be deep-drawn (plastic deformation of flat materials by tensile or compressive stress, possibly high temperature), which complicates the manufacturing process and expensive because of high tooling costs, and the overall system therefore relatively expensive in the mentioned variety of shapes power.

In view of the above cited prior art dealing with creep water, this is a serious problem and should not be neglected especially in high-quality showerhead systems with barrier-free, flush mounting. Appropriate consideration, to prevent creep, is reflected in the relatively high prices for the offered system due to the additional necessary creepage troughs and the complex connection of the individual trough parts. Even if it is possible to avoid the permanently elastic sealing joint between the drainage channel and the wall transition, As is known per se in the system QuickDrain in the prior art, then still have to be made a seal on site to the shower tray. As a rule, a permanently elastic sealing joint then takes place between the gutter and the shower tray on site, which is maintenance-prone and, over time, becomes unsightly.

Overall, however, the approach to offer the shower tray in an individualized variety of forms separately and each matching gutter elements each model specific to install on site again increased costs because too few parts of the shower system overall system factory pre-assembled and therefore on site a lot of time for assembly and sealing of System elements arises.

The object of the present invention is to find a way how a shower base system in a wide variety of shapes in good quality with relatively low production costs and installation costs and thus can be made at relatively low prices to the end user.

Advantages of the invention

With the measures of the independent claim, the problem is solved

In the dependent claims advantageous refinements developments and improvements of the respective subject of the invention are given.

The gist of the present invention incorporates the idea of providing a system that is technically more universal in design, enabling more universal basic shapes in variable dimensions and also easy-to-fit special shapes.

The present invention recognizes that this is possible with channel elements made of extruded profiles, by welded corner joints to a geometric shape such as rectangle, square, pentagon, etc., or special shapes, even even shapes with curves (for example, quarter circle) by appropriate bending of the extruded profile can be produced. The extruded profile is designed so that on the inside / standing surface of the shower board, a shower base plate, which is preferably factory-fitted by simple cutting, is fitted and sealed in as an insert plate. This creates a kind of modular system from which a wide variety of shapes and dimensions of a shower board can be produced.

The gutter system is designed so that either a simple gap of suitable width is used as the inlet opening for shower water, or a design grate cover is also possible as a circumferential grate cover.

Because not necessarily a grate surface must be present as a design element, but the inlet opening can be formed as a simple gap suitable width between two upwardly open profile legs of the channel elements, resulting in simple designs. In addition, no expensive materials such as stainless steel are necessary because the user sees only a gap, similar to the system of the DE 200 20 464 U1 that was described above. The relatively inexpensive aluminum or plastic from which the extrusion channels are made, the user is indeed hidden in this basic version.

The advantage is a low production cost due to the extrusion, and a low installation cost, since the system can be completely factory assembled and delivered sealed in the factory. This results in low total costs, while at the same time due to the extrusion round or even exotic curved shapes of the shower tray are inexpensive to produce.

According to the general aspect of the invention, the showerboard is further developed according to the invention in that the floor drainage system contains one or more extruded parts in predetermined form as channel elements, these respectively corresponding to the contour of a respective associated section of the edge of the shower floorboard. The connection between shower plate and gutter element can be done in many different ways. For example, the profile part may have a preferably horizontally oriented flange in the installation situation, which forms a right angle to the inside U-leg of the profile, and which serves to receive the shower bottom plate. The flange can also immediately have the shape of a profile as a guide rail. The guide rail then serves to receive nut blocks, wherein in the slot stones in turn height adjustable feet are receivable. Details are described in the embodiment.

The material used for the extruded parts is primarily aluminum or a stable plastic such as polycarbonate, ABS, etc., in question.

Preferably, the gutter system is constructed of only one gutter profile main type. On this main profile type Aufsteckprofile different types, namely for wall transition and for ground transition can be plugged, whereby a simple adaptation of the gutter profile to the respective installation situation can be achieved. In this way, a floor transition profile (gutter profile main + attachment profile floor transition) and a wall transition profile (gutter profile main + attachment profile wall transition) is formed.

The profile elements can also be bent according to relevant, known techniques and are thus adaptable to the various geometric shapes. The wall transition profile is characterized in a preferred manner in that the wall-side U-flank of the profile over the end of the other U-leg (the inside end in the direction of shower bottom plate) by at least about 3 cm protrudes to produce a sufficiently large sealing surface for wall sealing can, or to serve as a sealing connection for additional wall sealing, for example with sealing foil or liquid wall seal can. In this embodiment, eliminates the permanently elastic joint between the shower tray and wall, making this transition is also waterproof over years maintenance-free.

The floor transition profile is preferably formed on the side of the shower tray as well as the wall transition profile. On the outside, the free-standing, upwardly directed U-leg contains a receptacle for an expansion joint profile, that the channel with shower floor plate from the outside floor (bathroom floor) mechanically decoupled and also waterproof. The floor transition profile has sealing tape with possible on-site extension, for example, by liquid seal or sealing film. This creates a (sealing) under the floor (tiles bathroom floor) with water drainage into the gutter interior, which means that even water that passes through tile joints, is drained directly in the gutter. Preferably, the entire bathroom floor is sealed on site with a large-area laid sealing film or connection with liquid seal.

According to a further preferred embodiment, the shower board is equipped with a complete circumferential gutter system, as described above, wherein the shower bottom plate preferably factory in the surrounding gutter system is sealed.

The encircling gutter system can accommodate adjustable feet via sliding blocks in a guide rail, in addition, the shower base plate can be equipped with already factory sealed threaded sleeves in a preferred manner, so that via threaded rods height adjustment, for example, by a Allen key is possible. In addition, in the footprint of the shower base plate also be provided by one or more tightly threaded threaded sleeves additionally height adjustable mounting feet depending on static requirements.

The mounting foot is so high that the end of the threaded rod can be screwed vertically adjustable within the mounting foot. A height-adjustable range of about 30 mm is generally sufficient. The installation height can be additionally varied by longer threaded rods. Advantageously, this results in that the entire shower board can be leveled by the fitter in a simple manner, without having to lift the shower board between each leveling each case and to turn around, as is the case in the prior art.

In a further preferred embodiment, the shower board contains a preferably factory-sealed drain connection piece, which already contains the drain pot with siphon and drain line connection. Details are described in the embodiment. This also reduces the assembly work on the construction site, which also reduces the overall costs.

In a further advantageous manner, a revision cover is already incorporated in the shower bottom plate at the factory, which is sealed with silicone, for example. This provides a simple and secure connection option with the customer the on-site advanced drainage possible.

In a further preferred manner, the gutters according to the invention contain receptacles for shower partitions, such as e.g. a revolving door, sliding door, a fixed glass partition part, etc. Such a receptacle may be provided, for example, on an insertion bridge, which in turn crosses the channel and is fastened to the vertical U-legs of the profile, for example with a screw connection.

Such Einlegestege can be provided, for example, every 30 cm, depending on the static conditions. In the same way, it is possible to store rollers on the inner edges of the U-profile legs, thereby being able to move a sliding door conveniently stored roller bearings. The fact that the storage of such a shower partition is made within the gutter, there are no disturbing fittings or joints, as they are otherwise often available in the prior art. At the same time costs are reduced because the fasteners can be incorporated, for example in the form of grooves immediately in the profile.

According to another preferred feature of the present invention, the wall transition trough member has a drainage hole for showering water between an outer wall-side profile flank and an inside flank, wherein the outer flank is adapted for a wall-side seal under the wall covering which forms a wall for the shower. This is a technically simple development that avoids a mold-susceptible silicone joint that is otherwise commonplace.

According to a further preferred feature of the present invention, the gutter system of the shower board according to the invention comprises a receptacle for a vertically preferably in the wall running drainage groove, which receives the abutting edge of a shower enclosure element (revolving door, sliding door, fixed part, etc.) as above. This makes it possible to dispense with wall joints in a similar manner as described above, since the groove for receiving the shower enclosure element according to the invention is simultaneously available as a drainage room. Details will become apparent from the description of the preferred embodiments.

Further preferably, the shower board is provided with an over the level of Duschboardstandfläche by about 3cm or more raised, wall-side profile edge. This improves the tightness and facilitates the sealing of the wall transition.

However, the shower board can also have a sealing tape connection with a non-raised flange of the profile edge for wall sealing.

Preferably, a floor transition profile part is provided, to which a mechanically damping profile part is attached to the mechanical, vibration-related decoupling of showerboard and bathroom floor covering.

If an optionally be covered with a design grate drainage surface is connected to the gutter system, which makes an inspection opening for the siphon or a drain pot accessible from above, then there is a simple, easy to maintain and at the same time visually appealing connection to the drain part under the showerboard. This makes it possible to use a drain part that is larger than the groove width.

Advantageously, the shower board may be combined with a shower enclosure system as previously described and optionally with a multi-function shower screen. Thereby results in the possibility of bringing a so-called "multi-function shower" with fittings, side showers and overhead showers, steam outlets, etc. in a very variable design at low prices on the market with low production costs.

Furthermore, a connection for a fresh water flushing device can be provided on the gutter system in a preferred manner, which can be rinsed with fresh water at any time and even without a gradient in the gutter system thereby cleaning the entire gutter system is given. The fresh water rinse can also be supplemented with disinfectants / disinfectants. The activation can be manually operated via a shut-off valve or electronically controlled with solenoid valves, optionally with an adjustable time delay after the showering person leaves the shower.

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• Figure 1 in the upper part of a sectional view of a floor transition profile according to the invention along the line I - -I in Figure 4A, and in the lower part of the corresponding plan view, wherein
  1 a shows a floor transition profile with a glass fixing part;
  1 b a floor transition profile with the inclusion of a design profile and a gap for drainage, for example in the access area of a shower revolving door;
  1 c a floor transition profile with reception and design grate cover;
  1 d a floor transition profile with design rooftop and Shower floor panel in raised version to the bathroom floor;
• Figure 1e is a detail of the slip-on profile "floor transition" with a Bodenübergangsaufsteckteil into which a mechanically damping plastic element is inserted; demonstrate;
• Figure 2 A, B, C analogous to Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a wall transition profile according to the invention along the line II - - II in Figure 4A in the upper part, and the corresponding plan view in the lower part, wherein
  2 a as a detail the drainage over "gap",
  2 b as a detail the drainage via design grid (cover)
  2 c as detail: Drainage via design grid (cover)
  and shower floor plate in a raised version analogous to FIG. 1 d,
• Figure 2 d show a detail of the slip-on profile "wall transition";
  Next shows
  Figure 3 shows a variant of Figure 2, in which an installation wall forms the wall transition;
• Figure 4 is a plan view of an inventive shower board system, wherein
  4a a variant as a square with corner entry (2 sides wall transition - 2 sides ground transition)
  4b a variant as a pentagon (2 sides wall transition - 3 sides - floor transition)
  4 c an embodiment variant as quarter circle (2 sides wall transition - 1 quadrant ground transition);
  4 d one embodiment - as a rectangular niche installation
  (3 sides wall transition - 1 side floor transition;
• 5A is a sectional view of a drainage area according to the invention along the line IV-IV in FIG. 4A, with a grate cover of the drainage area, FIG.
• FIG. 5B shows the corresponding plan view of the grate cover with an angular shape,
• 6A is a sectional view of a drainage area according to the invention along the line IV - IV in Figure 4A, with a vertical Eckpaneel for receiving fittings,
• FIG. 6B shows the corresponding plan view of the grate cover with an angular shape,
• Figure 7 A to E each show a sectional view of a wall profile according to the invention, which forms a vertical Entwässerungsnut, wherein a connection to the floor drainage system according to the invention is provided, and at the same time the Entwässerungsnut as receiving and mounting location for a flat shower enclosure element, such as revolving door, fixed part, stop angle etc. serves, and where
  7a shows a detail of the exemplary embodiment with glass fixing part,
  7b a detail of the exemplary embodiment with stop buffer for 2-part sliding door,
  7c a detail of the embodiment with stop angle z. B. stopper for revolving door,
  7d a detail of the embodiment connection for revolving door,
  Figure 7e illustrates a detail of the embodiment connector for spring band hinge;

Description of exemplary embodiments

In the figures, the same reference numerals designate the same or functionally identical components.

FIG. 1 (same for FIGS. 1A to 1D) shows on the left edge a floor covering 58 for a bathroom in which the shower board system according to the invention is installed and on the right a shower floor covering 59. The visible impact edge of the floor covering can be provided with a tile finishing rail, as in FIG. 2A shown by reference numeral 80. The edge forms a certain projection, for example, 1 cm above the outside U-legs of the channel profile main type 20 according to the invention, which continues at its lower end with a slightly slanting down trough bed 26 to an inside U-leg, on the one hand goes up to to form a U-leg 22 and on the other hand, downwardly and to the side, to form a guide rail 13 for receiving Nutsteinen 17. At the same time the top of the rail 13 serves as a support surface for the shower base plate 18th

According to a Bodenaufsteckprofil 11 is attached to the outside leg 23 of the floor transition profile 20 and preferably sealingly connected at the factory.

Under the floor covering 58, which is formed for example as a tile covering, a tile adhesive layer and a sealing tape 25 is arranged. The sealing strip 25 extends outside a few centimeters into the bottom area and forms a connection sealing possibility for liquid seals or on-site sealing foils, if necessary. The sealing tape is tightly connected to the Bodenaufsteckprofil, so that a sealing level is formed into the interior of the channel.

According to FIG. 1E, which shows a detail from FIG. 1A, a plastic profile 21 is provided as an invisible horizontal expansion joint element for damping movements between the bathroom floor and the shower floor element between the attachment profile 11 and the support edge of the outer leg 23. This avoids a usual, unsightly expansion joint in the floor covering. In addition, the Aufsteckprofil on a factory tightly mounted sealing strip 25, which allows on the one hand a seal to the bathroom floor with possibility of connecting a sealing foil or a liquid seal and on the other hand a leak-free water flow into the interior of the gutter system.

A mounting foot 14 has a not-shown internal thread into which a threaded rod 15 can be screwed. The threaded rod 15 passes through a sliding block 17 in the above-mentioned rail thirteenth

In the embodiments 1A to 1D, the profile shown is the cross-sectional profile for an extruded aluminum part serving as a gutter for the shower floor. This profile form is intended for the freestanding sides of the shower, where a floor - floor transition is formed.

Preferably, 22 and 23 fastening elements are provided for a transversely across the trough passing insertion web 30 on the vertically extending U-legs, wherein the fastening elements for the web are preferably screwed into the U-legs, preferably in a blind bore. For this purpose, a minimum thickness of the U-leg is provided by a few millimeters to accommodate small screws can.

On the insertion ridge 30, preferably in the center, is a mounting option for a shower partition wall 36, or for other elements such as a grate cover, if desired. This fastener may for example be a profile receiving rail 31, which then forms a support for the aforementioned elements, if it has a corresponding negative thereto executed recording on its underside.

Such an insertion web can be provided, for example, at a distance of 30 cm in each case in the ground transition profile in order to be able to stably support the element standing thereon by means of a corresponding plurality of mounting points. For a shower partition made of glass, it is recommended to make at least 3 support points. Preferably, in the region of the entry part of the shower enclosure, the design profile 32 (see FIG. 1B) can also be inserted via the insertion paths as gutter cover. The distance between the U-legs of the floor transition profile is preferably so large that when installed shower partition on the inside (the shower floor facing side, right in Figure 1A) results in an approximately 1 cm, wide gap into which the shower water can drain.
The outside gap 34 - preferably in the same width - serves as a drainage for the bathroom floor, the inside gap 33 for the drainage of the shower floor.

The profile receiving rail 31 for the design profile 32, the design grille 37 and the shower partition wall 36 is preferably adjustable in height to create the design profile or design grille exactly flush transition between shower floor and room floor, and to allow for the shower enclosure wall fine adjustment for the installation height ,

The floor transition profile according to FIGS. 1A to 1D is suitable in principle for angular or rounded edge contours of the shower floor frame, since it is an extruded element and therefore can be made bent. The corners, for example, 90 degrees, 135 degrees in pentagonal showers, etc. are each welded watertight.

In FIGS. 1B to 1E, only the important deviations from FIG. 1A are provided with new reference symbols. The rest of the description of these figures will be apparent from that of Figure 1A.

FIG. 1B shows a floor transition profile with a design profile 32 -and columns 33 and 34 for drainage of the shower floor or bathroom floor, for example in the access area of a shower revolving door; The design profile 32 is provided in the region of the entrance of the shower element and serves to reduce the opening of the column 33 and 34 to the extent that foot injuries are excluded. Drawn drawn is the lower portion of a shower revolving door 35.

Figures 1C and D show alternatives of a floor transition profile with a design grill cover 37, Figure 4D showing a shower floor panel 18 elevated to the bathroom floor.

With further reference to FIG. 2A, the second standard form of the gutter system according to the invention is described below as a floor-wall transition in a preferred embodiment, which forms the trough main profile type 20 and the attachment profile wall transition 63. This second cross section shows transitions between the shower floor 59 (on the right in FIG FIG. 2A) and wall 66 or wall covering 67 (on the left in FIG. 2A). The cross-sectional profile shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C forms the left and the upper edge of the shower channel system shown in FIG. 4a, since FIG. 4A illustrates a corner solution for a corner of a room.

Preferably, the profile for the floor-wall transition includes the same main channel profile type 20 as in the floor-floor transition profile. In that regard, reference may be made directly to the description of FIGS. 1A to 1D.

Figures 2B and 2C are analogous modifications of the form shown in Figures 1C and 1D.

With further reference to Figure 2D (detail of Figures 2A to 2C), the plug-in profile 63 for the wall transition preferably also factory sealed to the gutter profile main type 20 and extends about 3 cm or more further upward than the inside U-leg 23 to to realize a large-area sealing connection for the purpose of wall sealing. For further sealing purposes, a sealing tape 25 is provided, which is connected directly sealingly with the Wandübergangsaufsteckprofil 63.

As one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate, a sealing plane preferably arises from the wall directly into the gutter here. This avoids the classic, unesthetic error-prone silicone joint between showerboard and wall in a preferred manner, at the same time by using extruded aluminum parts for the gutter system, a very cost-effective shower board system is provided.

So that the shower tray is fixed in a stable manner in the room, the channel profile main type 20 is provided with a suspension extension 45 for hanging in a wall-mounted support rail. The gutter profile main type is made stable with a material thickness of about 3 - 5 mm.

As an alternative to tiled walls, side walls with prefabricated installation for so-called multi-function showers or steam saunas can also be used over this wall floor transition be formed. In this case, for example, a glass wall is added instead of the tiles. For thicker walls, such as the aforementioned installation wall with side showers the shower board is mounted with a correspondingly large distance from the wall. This is shown in FIG. 3, for example. The flow gap between duschbodenseitigem wall covering and the outer edge of the shower floor covering is preferably about 1 cm wide. Such a wide gap is generally sufficient to dissipate the shower water sufficiently quickly and is narrow enough to avoid injury to the foot, especially the toes. If a small object, such as a ring fall into the gutter, it can easily be rinsed to the inspection opening either with water pressure or pushed with a suitable object in order to remove it at the inspection opening from the gutter system can.

With continued reference to FIG. 4A, where one embodiment is shown in plan view from above, the bathroom floor shower floor transition is at the right and bottom legs of the depicted frame square. Inside the square is the shower floor, which is formed from an insert plate, for example made of polymer concrete. This shower bottom plate 18 is in this case already completely waterproof and is placed on the support surfaces on the guide rails for receiving the sliding blocks on Guts profile main type (see above in Figure 1A) and preferably factory sealed by suitable sealing measures on the inside legs 22 of the Gutter profile main type , For this purpose, completely prior art can be used, for example by silicone sealant.

Also for the inside of the shower bottom plate 18 (see Figure 4A) provided feet 14 threaded sleeves preferably encapsulated sealing at the factory. When mounting on site, the shower element can be precisely leveled by screwing the threaded screws into the feet, which advantageously only needs to be worked from above. If the shower element is precisely leveled by default, the openings at the edges of the threaded sleeves - on the inside to the thread and the outside of the shower base plate - sealed with a suitable sealant such as silicone or optionally with caps. On the shower floor plate can then be installed directly as a surface covering tiles or other decorative panels such as natural stone slabs, glass plates, artificial stone slabs. Plates can also be fixed in one piece with suitable nubs, for example made of rubber or silicone.
The pads can also be heated in a preferred manner. Plate coverings such as glass can optionally be equipped with lighting.
This visible covering is designated by reference numeral 59 in FIG. 1A. Preferably, a small protrusion is provided in the gutter, the closure preferably being formed by a tile end rail 80 (as shown in Figure 2A) having a drip edge. Stone coverings - can also be provided with polished, ground edges without end profile.

In the corner area shown on the top left in FIG. 4A, a gutter triangle is recessed, which serves to receive a discharge part. This triangle is created by adding a gullet "truncating" (diagonal) 43 and the gutters extending to the corner.

In this so-called "drain triangle" 42 can be added directly to a design grate to cover the drain opening and the possibility of revision for the siphon, see Figure 5. Alternatively, a corner panel (see Figure 6) with fittings and side showers be included in the diagonal trough 43, which in turn offers a possibility of revision to the then hidden drain part.

The insert plate has in a preferred manner at a suitable location an inspection opening. This allows the drain line to be connected to a standard HT drain line (DN 50) and checked for leaks. On site, the inspection opening is then sealed before tiling or before the decorative floor panel is laid, for example with silicone.

With further reference to FIG. 5A, the corner region 42 in FIG. 4A is described in greater detail below.

In Figure 5A is located on the left edge of the wall / floor transition profile, (channel profile main type 20 + Wandübergangsaufsteckprofil 63), which is provided as a whole again with reference numeral 60. In contrast to the preceding description in Figures 1 and 2, however, here lacks the inboard vertical U-leg 22 so that the water can flow according to and along the arrows shown in the gutter over an inclined inner surface 70 of the drain triangle in a drain pot 72. In Figure 4A, the edge of the drain pot 72 is also shown as a contour.
The triangular drainage part basically rests on parts of the profile, on the wall side on the extension 49 and on the inside on the extension 4. It forms a water-conducting connection surface from the gutter beds to the discharge opening into the forwarding drainage pipe system.

The drain part is mounted lower than the lowest point of the gutter system is preferably factory equipped with a siphon and a drain pot.

In FIGS. 5A and 5B, the drainage triangle is shown covered with a design corner grid 82. The corner grate 82 is preferably connected via a pipe section 84 with openings (screen function so that it is adjustable in height on the one hand according to the shower floor level.) Through the screen holes in the pipe section 84, the shower water can be drained to the drain pot.

Figure 6A shows a sectional view of a drainage area according to the invention along the line IV - IV in Figure 4A, with a vertical Eckpaneel 74 for receiving fittings. FIG. 6B shows the corresponding plan view.

The Eckpaneel 74 itself is optionally stored in the diagonal groove 43, as also described in Figure 7A. The channel 43 thus drains to the edge in the figure 4 up or left.

With further reference to Figure 4, it is shown how the gutters, the profiles of which have been described above with reference to Figures 1 and 2, are welded together at their junction joints at the corners to form a closed, stable frame with the outside dimensions of the shower tray results. The external dimensions of the shower board can be formed in any dimensions, the standard dimensions such as 80/80 or 80/90 cm or 90/90, etc. can be made as a grid. In this case, custom-made products can also be tailor-made to measure. In a recess installation there are three wall transition sides, in a corner installation two wall transitions and in a U-installation only one side wall transition.

As shown more fully in FIGS. 4A-4D below, such gutter parts can be manufactured as gutter elements in various shapes and dimensions by welded corner joints.

Another advantageous aspect of the present invention Subsequently, the gutter frame shown in Figure 4A also has two gutter extensions 84 and 86 which serve to form a receptacle for a vertical gutter vertically mounted thereon, which is preferably provided in the wall itself in a recessed separately for this vertical groove vertical recess. These vertical troughs are shown by reference numeral 90 in FIGS. 7A to 7E. The vertical trough is also preferably made as extruded aluminum and takes the abutting edge of a shower partition 96. The vertical trough 90 can thus receive shower water (in this case spray water) in the direction of the arrows shown in FIG. 8 and forward them downwards (into the plane of the drawing) into the adjoining floor drainage trough. This construction thus allows two things: on the one hand the attachment of a shower partition wall 96 without a vulnerable and unaesthetic sealing joint made of silicone, for example, and on the other hand, that no fastening elements for the shower partition wall 96 is visible to the showering person.

Preferably, the vertical channel 90 includes at its outer legs 94, 96 each have a vertically extending groove into which a sealing profile 93 is taken for example of rubber, for example, with a fixed part as shown in Figure 6A, to form a seal when the fixed part is pressed by means of clamping screws 95 against the seal 93.

More preferably, the vertical profile 90 is made so that it forms recordings einzuklipsende cover profile parts 97, which serve for visually advantageous coverage of the vertical trough and the clamping screws. They divert most of the water into the horizontal gutter system.

More preferably, the vertical trough 90 receives a preferably factory tight sealing tape 25, which ensures a wall seal below the wall covering (eg tiles). This wall seal provides a connection for a sealing foil or liquid seal, which is attached to the wall by the customer.

The wall covering is provided with reference number 67 in FIG. 7A. As will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art, with the technical teachings of Figure 7A, a plurality of shower enclosure elements may be mounted in various variations within the wall. Such variants are shown in FIGS. 7B to 7E.

For example, glass wall, fixed parts for a combination fixed door hinged door, or a fixed glass side wall, or a spring band for a revolving door or a hinged / folding door, or it can be a continuous profile or a hinge for a revolving door or a stop profile for a revolving door , as well as a buffer stop for sliding doors (1-, 2-, or 3-part etc.) can be realized. It should also be noted that the aforementioned shower enclosure elements can all be stored advantageously in the floor drainage system within the floor / floor transition profiles on said insertion rests, especially when they do not need to be moved. Should an element be moved along the gutter and perpendicular to the wall, then it may be mounted on rollers, which in turn are preferably mounted in corresponding guides, which are preferably designed to be integral with the profile as part of the extruder section.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to a preferred embodiment, it is not limited thereto, but can be modified in a variety of ways.

As those skilled in the art will recognize, this approach is open and expandable in that the extrusions are reworked on their top by round holes or slots, that the design of a circumferential grille results, if this should be desired for aesthetic reasons.

Instead of being attached to the main profile, the differentiating profile parts can also be connected to the main profile in other ways, such as by gluing, welding, screwing with interposed sealing tape, etc.

The water-bearing surfaces of the gutter system are preferably provided with a coating that causes a self-cleaning effect (lotus effect).

Finally, the features of the subclaims can be combined substantially freely with one another and not by the order given in the claims, provided that they are independent of each other.

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Shower board with a shower bottom plate (18) and a bottom trough system, characterized in that the bottom trough system contains one or more extruded parts of predetermined shape as a channel element (s). Shower board according to claim 1, wherein the Bodenablaufrinnensystem consists of channel elements with seen in cross section two different profiles, wherein a first profile as a wall transition profile, and a second profile is provided as a floor transition profile. Shower board according to claim 2, wherein the different profiles of a common gutter profile main type (20) and differentiating profile parts (63, 11) for the floor-wall transition and the floor-floor transition are composed. Shower board according to the preceding claim, wherein the differentiating profile parts (63, 11) are mounted on the profile part of the channel profile main type (20). The shower board according to claim 1, wherein the gutter system has a drainage hole for showering water between an outer wall-side profile flank (23) and an inside profile flank (22), wherein the outer flank is arranged for a wall-side Seal. Shower board according to the preceding claim wherein the inside profile flank (22) is adapted for a shower floor side seal. A shower board as claimed in claim 2, wherein the wall transition profile portion (20, 63) includes a vertical vertical trough receiver (84, 86). Shower board according to claim 1, with a raised above the level of Duschboardstandfläche, wall side profile edge (63). Shower board according to claim 1, characterized by a sealing tape connection with a non-raised flange of the profile edge (63) for wall sealing. A shower board as claimed in claim 2 including a floor transition profile portion (20,11) having a sealing band (25) connected to the channel interior and a projection for providing a seal under a floor covering (58). Shower board according to claim 2, having a floor transition profile part (20, 11) to which a mechanically damping profile part (21) is attached for decoupling the shower board and bathroom floor covering (58). Shower board according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of receiving parts for shower partition elements (35, 36, 37) which are provided in the channel elements. A shower board according to claim 1, wherein a drainage surface (42) is connected to the gutter system comprising a siphon inspection opening (72) or a drain pot accessible from the outside. Showerboard according to claim 1, wherein a connection for a Frischwasserspülvorrichtung is provided on the gutter system. Showerboard according to claim 1, wherein a connection for a disinfecting device is provided on the gutter system. Showerboard according to claim 1, wherein a heatable shower base plate element is provided. Showerboard according to claim 1, wherein an illuminable shower base plate element is provided. Kit for a shower board containing one or more extrusions of predetermined shape as a channel element. Kit for a shower board comprising a vertical trough (90) preferably made of an extruded profile part, with a receptacle (31) for a shower enclosure element. Kit for a shower board containing a gutter made of extruded profile with a receptacle (31) for a shower enclosure element.

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