EP3061381A1 - System and auxiliary device for introducing water into a water drain - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and system for introducing water on a floor surface into a water drain (4) by means of a water pusher tool is characterized by an auxiliary device (10) having two legs (12a, 12b) at their first end (12a ', 12b') are hinged together by means of a hinge device (13), at least in the operating state of the system and at least partially waterproof seal on the bottom surface and by means of the hinge device at its free second end (12a ", 12b") folded apart be able to have at the second end a horizontal distance (a) of at least 30cm, so that water can be pushed on the bottom surface with the water-shearing tool in the area between the two free second ends and from there into an area between the Legs arrives, which is arranged in the operating state of the system to the water drain. This makes it possible to remove water from the floor surface much easier, more effectively and more efficiently

Description

The invention relates to a method and a system for introducing water on a floor surface into a water drainage by means of a water-shearing tool, in particular with a broom, with a squeegee or with a slide, and a method for operating this system.

Background of the invention

A simple method to collect water that has accumulated on a floor surface - such as a flat roof, a balcony, a terrace or an underground garage flooded after a heavy rain - in one (clumsy, but unfortunately very common) at the lowest point of this Ground floor arranged to transport water outflow, has long been in common use and known. For this purpose, the water from the flooded ground surface easily by means of a water-shifter, in particular with a broom, with a squeegee or with a slider in the direction of the most near an edge of the bottom surface and unfortunately often against the lowest point of the Surface raised attached-water drain swept where it can then at least partially drain.

Due to the geometric structure of the commonly used water pusher tools, a water wave is generated when sweeping the water to be removed, which usually has a width of about 30-50cm in front of the sliding tool, sometimes more. Since the horizontal diameter of conventional water drainage devices is significantly lower, a large portion of the water directed towards the water drain inevitably spills over the area of the water drainage device and must again and again and again to this to be turned back. As a result, the desired, as complete as possible "drainage" of the floor surface designed extremely tedious and time consuming.

A water-pusher tool of the type described above may simply be a broom or a squeegee, but may also be a specially designed pusher. Such water-shifter tools have long been known in various forms and described for example in DE 1 862 158 U , in DE 69 30 712 U or in US 2007/0169302 A1 ,

Further state of the art

For the exact opposite purpose, namely to keep water away from a certain area of a floor surface, it is known to build barrier barriers around this area. BRADY GmbH, SETON Division, Brady-Strasse 1, D-63329 Egelsbach, for example, offers in its website at http://www.seton.de/D95040000/Absperrbarrieren-fuer-Fluessigkeiten.html or in its main catalog 2015 on page 260 under the item numbers 5040011000 and L-504001 such barriers to liquids to be placed around the area to be protected around. However, an aid for the easier removal of water on a flooded ground surface is not achieved at all and is not intended, but just the opposite.

Object of the invention

The present invention is based on the object to provide a method and a system of the type defined, with which water, which has accumulated on a floor surface -a flat roof, a balcony, a terrace or after a heavy rain flooded underground car park, much easier, more effective time-saving and more complete can be removed.

Brief description of the invention

This object is achieved with the present invention in a surprisingly simple as well as effective manner and with readily available technical means in that the system comprises an auxiliary device having two legs, which hingedly connected together at their respective first end via a hinge device are. These legs are according to the invention - at least in the operating state of the system - level and at least partially water-sealing placed on the bottom surface and folded by the hinge means at their respective free second end so that they have at the free second end a horizontal distance of at least 30cm, preferably about 50cm. The auxiliary device is placed on the bottom surface such that the water drain is positioned in an area between the centers of the legs adjacent to the hinge device so that water on the bottom surface is pushed with the water pusher tool into the region between the two free second ends can be and from there into an area between the legs arrives, which is arranged in the operating state of the system to the water outflow.

Operation of the invention and other advantages over the prior art

Thus, in technical terms, the present invention proposes the very opposite of the known barrier barriers for liquids discussed above, namely an auxiliary device which makes it possible, as a rule, to turn from all sides by means of water-sliding tools towards the water-drainage device Concentrate water on the relatively small area of the drain.

Due to the two legs hinged together hinging device, the auxiliary device in the folded state of the legs is bulky and can be easily transported, especially through narrow entrances. At the job site, the legs are then unfolded and the auxiliary device is positioned on the flooded floor surface so that the water drainage device is between the unfolded legs. Then then the water to be removed in the horizontal gap opening of at least 30cm between the Thighs swept and concentrated from their insides towards the water drainage facility, where it can then expire quickly.

Preferred embodiments of the invention

Very particularly preferred is a class of embodiments of the auxiliary device according to the invention for a system of the type defined above, in which the legs of the auxiliary device are designed as straight rods, which can be produced extremely easily.

In a class of alternative embodiments, the legs are designed as curved rods, so that the auxiliary device in the unfolded operating state, in particular U-shaped or Ω-shaped. As a result, the water to be removed may under certain circumstances be more geometrically concentrated on the water drainage device.

The legs of the auxiliary device according to the invention can be made in simple embodiments, for example, made of wood, but also made of plastic profile material or hollow profile sheet, preferably made of steel or aluminum.

Further advantageous embodiments are characterized in that the legs of the auxiliary device are provided at its lying in the unfolded operating state on the bottom surface underside with wasserdichtendem material, preferably with rubber or plastic, in particular foam material. Thus, a backup of the auxiliary device is achieved against slipping during operation. In addition, bottom coverings additionally act as a barrier against the water being swept out into the area between the legs so that it remains concentrated around and above the water drainage device as much as possible and does not flow back onto the cleared floor surface.

Particularly preferred variants of the invention in a class of embodiments are characterized in that the joint device comprises a semi-cylindrical pipe section, preferably made of thin sheet metal or plastic. If the tube diameter is chosen correctly, this can simply be arranged around the water drain, so that the water swept into the area between the opened legs of the auxiliary device can drain off at the end.

A further advantageous embodiment of the auxiliary device according to the invention is characterized in that the hinge device comprises a flexible plastic piece for the hinged connection of the second ends of the legs of the auxiliary device.

In the context of the present invention, the use of a system of the type described above with an auxiliary device according to the invention for introducing water on a floor surface in a water drainage by means of a water-sliding tool, in particular with a broom, with a doctor blade or with a slider , characterized in that the water to be introduced is pushed with the water pushing tool in the area between the two free second ends of the legs of the auxiliary device, and from there into an area between the legs, which is arranged around the water drain.

Particularly preferred are variants of this use, in which the floor space is part of a flat roof, a terrace, a balcony or a garage, in particular an underground car park.

Finally, within the scope of the present invention, a method for operating a system of the type described above with a Auxiliary device according to the invention for introducing water on a bottom surface into a water outflow by means of a water-sliding tool, which is characterized in that the auxiliary device is arranged on the bottom surface, that the water outflow in a region between the centers of the legs, preferably is positioned immediately adjacent to the hinge device.

This method can preferably be applied in variants in which the auxiliary device according to the invention comprises a semi-cylindrical articulation device and is arranged on the bottom surface such that the water drainage is partially covered by the articulation device.

Detailed description of the invention and drawing

Fig. 1a

eine schematische räumliche Darstellung einer ersten Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Hilfsvorrichtung;

Fig. 1b

ein Schenkel der Ausführungsform nach Fig. 1 a mit Unterseite aus wasserdichtendem Material in schematischem Vertikalschnitt;

Fig. 2

eine schematische Draufsicht auf eine Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Hilfsvorrichtung mit U-förmigen Schenkeln; und

Fig. 3

eine schematische Draufsicht auf eine Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Hilfsvorrichtung mit Ω-förmigen Schenkeln.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing and will be explained in more detail with reference to embodiments. Show it:

Fig. 1a

a schematic spatial representation of a first embodiment of the auxiliary device according to the invention;

Fig. 1b

a leg of the embodiment according to Fig. 1 a with underside of waterproofing material in a schematic vertical section;

Fig. 2

a schematic plan view of an embodiment of the auxiliary device according to the invention with U-shaped legs; and

Fig. 3

a schematic plan view of an embodiment of the auxiliary device according to the invention with Ω-shaped legs.

The invention improves a system for introducing water on a floor surface into a water drain 4 by means of a water-shearing tool, especially with a broom, with a squeegee or with a slider. This long-known starting situation is not shown in the drawing but specifically, but only the invention used auxiliary device 10; 20; 30th

The schematically illustrated in detail in the figures of the drawing, differently shaped embodiments of the auxiliary device 10 according to the invention; 20; 30 is characterized by having two legs 12a, 12b; 22a, 22b; 32a, 32b , which at their respective first end 12a ', 12b'; 22a ', 22b'; 32a ', 32b' via a hinge device 13; 23; 33 are hingedly connected to each other, and which at least in the operating state of the system can rest flat and at least partially waterproofing on the bottom surface and by means of the hinge device 13; 23; 33 at its respective free second end 12a ", 12b"; 22a ", 22b"; 32a ", 32b" can be unfolded such that they at the free second end 12a ", 12b"; 22a ", 22b"; 32a ", 32b" have a horizontal distance a of at least 30 cm, preferably about 50 cm, so that water on the bottom surface with the water-shearing tool in the area between the two free second ends 12a ", 12b"; 22a ", 22b"; 32a ", 32b" can be pushed and from there into an area between the legs 12a, 12b; 22a, 22b; 32a, 32b, which is arranged around the water outflow 4 in the operating state of the system.

FIG. 1 Figure 3a illustrates in a schematic spatial representation a first embodiment of the auxiliary device 10 according to the invention with legs 12a, 12b, which are designed as straight bars. The hinge device 13 comprises a semi-cylindrical tube piece, which is preferably made of thin sheet metal or plastic and on which the two sides of the legs 12a, 12b hang, so that at their free second ends 12a ", 12b"; 22a "unfoldable or transport and for storing the auxiliary device 10 are collapsible in a parallel position.

In its operating state shown in the figure, the auxiliary device 10 is arranged on the floor surface to be drained such that the water drain 4 is positioned in an area between the centers of the legs 12a, 12b, preferably immediately adjacent to the hinge device 13.

In variants not shown in the drawing, however, the auxiliary device 10 can also be arranged on the bottom surface in such a way that the water drain 4 is partially covered by the joint device 13.

In Fig. 1b is a leg 12a of the auxiliary device 10 from Fig. 1 a is shown in a schematic vertical section. It can be seen that the leg 12a of the auxiliary device 10 is provided at its lying in unfolded operating condition on the bottom surface bottom with waterproofing material 5, preferably rubber or plastic, in particular foam material, which acts on the one hand waterproofing, on the other hand, a slip protection for the auxiliary device 10 in operation offers.

In Fig. 2 is a further embodiment shown schematically, in which the legs 22a, 22b of the auxiliary device 20 are designed as curved rods, so that the auxiliary device 20 in the unfolded operating state is U-shaped. The hinge device 23 comprises a flexible plastic piece for the hinged connection of the second ends 22a ", 22b" of the legs 22a, 22b.

In Fig. 3 Finally, a schematic arrangement is shown in which the auxiliary device 30 according to the invention, although also designed as curved rods legs 32a, 32b, which at their first ends 32a ', 32b' are connected by a hinge device 33, but Ω-shaped in the unfolded operating state.

The legs 12a, 12b; 22a, 22b; 32a, 32b of the auxiliary device 10; 20; 30 may be made of wood, plastic profile material or hollow profiled sheet, preferably made of steel or aluminum.

Main fields of application

The inventive system with its auxiliary device 10; 20; 30 is used in practice, especially there for drainage, where the floor area to be drained part of a flat surface, such as a flat roof, a terrace, a balcony or a garage, especially an underground car park is.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

4

Water drain

5

waterproof material

10; 20; 30

auxiliary device

12a; 22a; 32a

first leg

12a '; 22a '; 32a '

first end of the first leg

12a "; 22a"; 32a "

second, free end of the first leg

12b; 22b; 32b

second leg

12b '; 22b '; 32b '

first end of the second leg

12b "; 22b"; 32b "

second, free end of the second leg

13; 23; 33

joint device

Claims (9)

Method for introducing water on a floor surface into a water drain (4) by means of a water-shearing tool, in particular with a broom, with a squeegee or with a slide, characterized
in that an auxiliary device (10; 20; 30) has two legs (12a, 12b; 22a, 22b; 32a, 32b) which at their respective first end (12a ', 12b'; 22a ', 22b'; 32a ' , 32b ') hingedly connected to each other via a hinge device (13; 23; 33), level and at least partially waterproofing placed on the bottom surface, wherein the legs (12a, 12b; 22a, 22b, 32a, 32b) by means of the hinge device ( 13, 23, 33) are unfolded at their respective free second end (12a ", 12b", 22a ", 22b", 32a ", 32b") such that they are folded apart at the free second end (12a ", 12b", 22a ", 22b", 32a ", 32b") have a horizontal distance (a) of at least 30 cm, and wherein the auxiliary device (10; 20; 30) is arranged on the bottom surface such that the water outflow (4) in one Region between the centers of the legs (12a, 12b; 22a, 22b; 32a, 32b) is positioned adjacent to the hinge means (13; 23; 33), and that water on the bottom surface with the water sliding in the region between the two free second ends (12a ", 12b"; 22a ", 22b"; 32a ", 32b") and from there into the region between the legs (12a, 12b; 22a, 22b; 32a, 32b) which is arranged around the water outflow (4). A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the auxiliary device (10; 20; 30) is arranged on the bottom surface in such a way that the water outlet (4) is partially covered by the articulation device (13; 23; 33). A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the bottom surface is part of a flat roof, a terrace, a balcony or a garage, in particular an underground car park. Auxiliary device (10) for carrying out the method according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the legs (12a, 12b) of the auxiliary device (10) are designed as straight rods. Auxiliary device (20; 30) for performing the method according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the legs (22a, 22b; 32a, 32b) of the auxiliary device (20; 30) are designed as curved rods, so that auxiliary device ( 20, 30) in the unfolded operating state is in particular U-shaped or Ω-shaped. Auxiliary device according to one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that the legs (12a, 12b; 22a, 22b; 32a, 32b) of the auxiliary device (10; 20; 30) made of wood, plastic profile material or hollow profiled sheet, preferably made of Steel or aluminum, are made. Auxiliary device according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that the legs (12a, 12b; 22a, 22b; 32a, 32b) of the auxiliary device (10; 20; 30) at its underside lying in the unfolded operating state on the bottom surface with waterproofing material (5), preferably with rubber or plastic, in particular foam material, are provided. Auxiliary device according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the hinge device (13; 23; 33) comprises a semi-cylindrical pipe section, preferably of thin sheet metal or plastic. Auxiliary device according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the hinge device (13; 23; 33) has a flexible plastic piece for the hinged connection of the second ends (12a ", 12b", 22a ", 22b", 32a ", 32b ") comprises the legs (12a, 12b, 22a, 22b, 32a, 32b) of the auxiliary device (10, 20, 30).

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