ES2670858T3 - Device for a floor drain located near a wall - Google Patents

Abstract

Device (1) for a floor drain located near a wall, comprising: - an opening (8) for the passage of water to the floor drain, where the device (1) is more extended in a first direction (X ) that in a second and third directions (Y, Z), those that are perpendicular to the first direction (X) and each other, where the first address (X) in the installed state of the device (1) is parallel to the connecting line between the floor and the wall in the drain zone and the third direction (Z) corresponds to the vertical, where the opening (8) extends in the first direction (X) and is more extended in the first direction (X) than in the second direction (Y), - at least one inclined surface (15, 20), which in the installed state of the device (1) is an upper surface and is inclined with respect to the horizontal, of such that water can flow through the at least one inclined upper surface (15, 20) towards the opening tura (8), - a first arm (4), in the substantially vertical installed state, - a second arm (5), in the substantially horizontal installed state, where the at least one upper surface (15, 20) inclined in the use position is located in the second arm (5) and where the opening (8) is located in the second arm (5), - a cover (19), which partially covers the opening (8), characterized in that the device (1) in the second arm (5) comprises another upper surface (14), which does not have a slope and extends along the front edges and along the leading edge of the second arm (5), because the upper inclined surface (15, 20) comprises two upper surfaces (15), which are inclined in the first direction (x) towards the opening (8) and extend adjacently towards the first arm (4) from the edges front of the upper surface (14) not inclined towards the opening (8), and why the surface sup inclined upper (15, 20) further comprises two other upper surfaces (20) that extend in each case between the non-inclined upper surface (14) and the surfaces (15) adjacent to the first arm (4) towards the cover (19) , wherein the two upper surfaces (20), which extend in each case between the upper surface (14) not inclined and the surfaces (15) adjacent to the first arm (4), in the position of use present with respect to the horizontal a slope in the first and second directions (X, Y).

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DESCRIPTION

Device for a floor drain located near a wall

The present invention relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 1.

Floor drains of this type are generally used in showers that have the floor at ground level, where slotted drain elements are frequently used. For the construction of a shower with the floor at ground level, it is necessary so far that a shower plate or a shower tray is provided with a multilateral slope towards the drain. The same goes for a construction with a sloping floor. In the case of a drain in the center of the shower area, a so-called central drain, four slope zones are generally configured. In the case of a drain near the wall, three or four slope areas are made. In the case of three slope areas, the first zone is on the opposite side of the wall. The other two zones are located in the longitudinal direction of the drain element in a grooved way to the left and to the right of it. Sporadically there is also between the grooved element and the wall a fourth area of short slope.

In these cases it is problematic that the configuration of multiple slope areas on the floor or in a shower tray causes an important manual or mechanical work. Additionally, the adaptation of the level of the ceramics to the different situations of slope is very complex.

From DE 20 2011 051 047 U1, a device of the type mentioned at the beginning is known. The device described there comprises a vertical and a horizontal arm, which are more extended in a longitudinal direction, which is parallel to the line of connection between wall and floor, than in the transverse direction or the vertical direction. In the horizontal arm a deepening is envisaged that surrounds a drain opening. The deepening floor is inclined in the direction of the vertical arm. On the horizontal arm you can place in the area surrounding the deepening a tie bar with the ceramics, on which you can rest the ceramics that are placed on the horizontal arm. The deepening can be partially covered with a cover.

From document US 2011/0197351, a shower tray is known. It has a square or rectangular perimeter. The floor of the shower tray comprises a drain opening and four segments, which in each case have a slope in the direction of the drain opening.

The basic problem of the present invention is the creation of a device of the type mentioned at the beginning that simplifies the assembly of a floor drain located in the vicinity of a wall.

This is achieved by means of a device of the type mentioned at the beginning with the characteristics indicated in claim 1. The secondary claims refer to preferred embodiments of the invention.

The device according to the invention is especially placed between the wall ceramics applied on the wall and the floor ceramics placed with a slope. The invention offers the installer and manufacturers of shower plates the possibility of using only a single-sided slope. This slope can be located on the side of the device opposite the wall. In this way, the work is reduced during the preparation of the floor and shower plates. Additionally, work to prepare the level of the ceramics in the area of the various transitions of the slopes is avoided.

It can be provided that the multiple inclined surfaces with respect to the horizontal, in the installed state of the device, present different inclinations with each other or that the device has on its upper side an outline of multiple slopes.

The device may have at least in sections a substantially angular cross section. The device comprises a first arm, in the substantially vertical installed state and a second arm, in the substantially horizontal installed state, wherein the at least one inclined upper surface in the use position is located next to the second arm. In this way, the edge of the ceramic side of the upper side of the second arm can form the extension of the upper side of the floor ceramics and the upper surface of the first arm can form the prolongation of the upper side of the vertical wall ceramics.

It is envisioned that the device is more extended in a first direction than in a second and third directions, which are perpendicular to the first direction and to each other, where the first address in the installed state of the device is parallel to the union line of the floor and the wall in the area of the drain and the third direction corresponds to the vertical. For this, the opening for the passage of water in the floor drain in the first direction is extended and is more extended in the first direction than in the second direction, as well as especially in the third direction. The device can therefore be configured as a narrow low-angle piece, which can be installed in the junction area between the wall and the floor of a space, between the floor and / or wall cladding and the drain . In spite of the reduced dimensions, in the transverse direction, the device according to the invention can effectively reduce the working or manufacturing time for the floor or a shower plate.

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It can be provided that the inclined upper surfaces are configured as free-form surfaces. The multiple different slopes, which in the state of the art are configured on the floor or on a shower plate or a shower tray, can be configured at least in large part in the device according to the invention.

There is the possibility that the non-inclined upper surface is present in its installed position, on its outer side or the side facing the floor covering, a constant height and is especially in the form of a surrounding U. This surrounding U-shaped surface can therefore represent a connection for floor ceramics located around the device, where due to the constant height the work of the level of the ceramics with respect to the device is greatly simplified.

It is envisioned that the device comprises a cover that partially covers the opening. To this end, it can be provided that the cover forms a grooved drain opening with the first arm or the vertical arm in the installed state and / or that the cover has at least one drain opening. Due to the formation of the drain opening between the first arm and the cover, the drain opening to a narrow, barely visible groove, which is located in the area where the wall joins the floor, is reduced for the observer.

It can be provided that the device has a height between 10 mm and 250 mm in the third direction, especially a height between 11 mm and 150 mm, preferably a height between 12 mm and 100 mm, for example a height between 12.5 mm and 50 mm

There is a possibility that the opening for the passage of water is provided in a floor drain located under the device.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent based on the following description of preferred embodiments with reference to the attached figures. There they show:

Fig. 1 a perspective view of a device according to the invention in the installed state;

Fig. 2 a cross-section through a device according to the invention in the installed state;

Fig. 3 an exploded perspective view of a device according to the invention;

Fig. 4 a plan view of a device according to the invention;

Fig. 5 A bottom perspective view of a device according to the invention;

Fig. 6 a section according to the arrows Vl-Vl in Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 a section according to the arrows VIl-VlI in Fig. 4;

Fig. 8 a section according to the arrows VlII-VlII in Fig. 4;

Fig. 9 a perspective view of a connecting piece of a device according to the invention;

Fig. 10 a front view of a connecting piece of a device according to the invention;

Fig. 11 a perspective view of a second part that serves to extend a device according to the invention;

Fig. 12 a front view of a second part that serves to extend a device according to the invention;

Fig. 13 a perspective view of a cover of a device according to the invention;

Fig. 14 a front view of a cover of a device according to the invention;

Fig. 15 a bottom perspective view of a cover of a device according to the invention.

The same or functionally equal parts in the Figures have the same reference symbols. In addition, in some of the Figures the Cartesian coordinate systems have been drawn for a simpler orientation.

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show a device 1 according to the invention in the installed state. The device 1 is installed in the junction zone between a floor 2 and a wall 3 of a wet space. The device 1 extends parallel to the junction line between the floor 2 and the wall 3 in a first direction, which is indicated in Fig. 1 with X.

The device 1 has at least in sections a cross section of substantially angular shape. Thus it comprises a first arm 4, in the substantially vertical installed state, as well as a second arm 5, in the substantially horizontal installed state. Fig. 2 shows that on the first arm 4 in the state installed from

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Ceramic wall 6 are supported above and that on the second arm 5 in the installed state they are supported from the right in Fig. 2 ceramic floor 7.

Fig. 2 further shows that floor 7 ceramics have a slope in the Y direction or towards the wall. This slope can continue on the surface of the second arm 5, so that the water that gathers in the wet space can flow into a groove-shaped opening 21 indicated in Fig. 1. The edge of the side of the ceramic side upper of the second arm 5 especially forms the extension of the upper side of the floor ceramics 7. Correspondingly the surface of the first arm 4 forms the extension of the upper side of the vertical wall ceramics 6.

From Fig. 3 an embodiment of a device according to the invention can be seen, in which in addition to an L-shaped first part 9, two L-shaped parts 10, 11 are provided, which can prolong the first part 9. The joining of the parts 9, 10, 11 to each other is carried out through connecting pieces 12, which can be introduced in housing 13 shaped like a dovetail on the lower side of the second arm 5 of the Parts 9, 10, 11. Fig. 10 and Fig. 12 show that the cross-section of a connecting piece 12 corresponds to the cross-section of the dock-shaped housing 13.

The connecting pieces 12 each have a glued or injected fleece on each side. Alternatively, the lower side of the connecting pieces 12 may also be provided with a mineral or polymeric coating for the formation of an adhesive bridge for the glue of the ceramics.

In the central area of the upper side of the second substantially horizontal arm 5 of the first part 9 of the device 1, the opening 8 is located. In the installed position it extends substantially in the X direction and through the second arm 5 downwards or in Z direction (see Fig. 4 and Fig. 8). Through the opening 8 the wastewater can reach a drain installed below the device 1.

The upper side of the second substantially horizontal arm 5 of the first part 9 of the device 1, in an installed state, has various upper sections or surfaces 14, 15, 16, 20. A U-shaped surrounding upper surface 14 extends in the position installation horizontally or not inclined towards the horizontal (see Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 to Fig. 8). The upper surface 14 extends along the front edges and along the leading edge of the second arm 5 and is specially configured as a band approximately 5 mm wide.

Two upper surfaces 15 of the second substantially horizontal arm 5 of the first part 9 extend as a narrow band, for example, 5 mm wide, adjacent to the vertical arm in each case from the front sections of the surrounding upper surface 14 in shape from U to the opening 8 (see Fig. 4 and Fig. 7 and Fig. 8). The two upper surfaces 15 are inclined in each case in the direction X towards the opening 8, so that the water is directed on the upper surfaces 15 from the edges of the first part 9 or of the device 1, inwards to the opening 8 .

Two upper surfaces 16 of the second substantially horizontal arm 5 of the first part 9 are located as narrow projections, on the edge side, in the X direction, at the ends of the front side of the opening 8 with respect to the X direction (see Fig. 3 and Fig. 5). The surfaces 16 extend in the area of the opening 8 from the surrounding U-shaped upper surface 14 in the Y direction inwards (see Fig. 3, Fig. 5 and Fig. 8).

These surfaces 16 have in each case a recess 17, into which a core 18 of a cover 19 can be introduced (see Fig. 8, as well as Fig. 13 to Fig. 15). By introducing the core 18 into the recess 17, a drag-in positioning of the cover 19 in the first part 9 is achieved. The cover 19 forms with the first arm 4 or the vertical arm in the installed state a drain opening 21 in the form of a groove (see Fig. 1 and Fig. 4), which flows into the opening 8, through which water can flow into the drain located below the device (not shown).

The surfaces 16 and the cover 19 are shaped such that the upper side of the cover 19 in the installation position is inclined in the Y direction with respect to the drain opening 21 in the form of a groove, such that the water can flow through the cover 19 in the slot-like drain opening 21 and through it into the opening 8 (see Fig. 8).

Two upper surfaces 20 of the second substantially horizontal arm 5 of the first part 9 extend in each case between the upper surfaces 14, 15 towards the slot-shaped drain opening 21 or towards the cover 19 (see Fig. 4 and Fig. 7). The upper surfaces 20 are configured as free-form surfaces and are inclined both in the X direction, as well as in the Y direction towards the slot-shaped drain opening 21.

The device 1 or the first part 9 of the device 1 preferably has a length in the X direction of 100 mm to 2500 mm. The device 1 or the first part 9 of the device 1 preferably has a width in the Y direction of 10 mm to 250 mm. The device 1 or the first part 9 of the device 1 preferably has a height in the Z direction from 10 mm to 250 mm.

The device 1 or the first part 9 of the device 1 therefore has in its longitudinal direction, which in the Figures corresponds to the X direction, an extension substantially greater than in its transverse direction in the Y direction or that in the vertical Z direction .

The L-shaped parts 9, 10, 11 may be made of metal and / or plastic material. Also the connecting piece 12 5 and / or the cover 19 can be made of metal and / or plastic material. Especially it can be provided that some or all of the mentioned components are made of chromed brass, to achieve an especially attractive external appearance. There is also the possibility of manufacturing some or all of the aforementioned components of sustainable raw materials.

It is possible that instead of a drain opening 21 on the side of the wall between the cover 19 and the first arm 4, at least one drain opening is located in the cover 19. There is at least one drain opening it can also be of the groove type and extend in the X direction and / or also in the Y direction. For example, this at least one drain opening can be located in the center or on the side of the roof adjacent to the floor ceramics. Instead of at least one drain opening in the form of a drain, one or more drain openings configured differently, for example, in a circular or rectangular shape, may also be located on the cover.

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5 10 fifteen twenty 25 30 35 40 Four. Five 1. Device (1) for a floor drain located near a wall, comprising: - an opening (8) for the passage of water to the floor drain, where the device (1) is more extended in a first direction (X) than in a second and third directions (Y, Z), which are perpendicular to the first direction (X) and to each other, where the first direction (X) in the installed state of the device (1) is parallel to the junction line between the floor and the wall in the drain zone and the third direction (Z) corresponds to the vertical, where the opening (8) extends in the first direction (X) and is more extended in the first direction (X) than in the second direction (Y), - at least one inclined surface (15, 20), which in the installed state of the device (1) is an upper surface and is inclined with respect to the horizontal, such that water can flow through the at least an inclined upper surface (15, 20) towards the opening (8), - a first arm (4), in the substantially vertical installed state, - a second arm (5), in the substantially horizontal installed state, where the at least one upper surface (15, 20) inclined in the use position is located in the second arm (5) and where the opening (8 ) is located on the second arm (5), - a cover (19), partially covering the opening (8), characterized in that the device (1) in the second arm (5) comprises another upper surface (14), which does not have a slope and extends along the front edges and along the leading edge of the second arm (5) , because the inclined upper surface (15, 20) comprises two upper surfaces (15), which are inclined in the first direction (x) towards the opening (8) and extend adjacently towards the first arm (4) from the front edges of the upper surface (14) not inclined towards the opening (8), and because the inclined upper surface (15, 20) further comprises two other upper surfaces (20) extending in each case between the surface upper (14) not inclined and the surfaces (15) adjacent to the first arm (4) towards the cover (19), where the two upper surfaces (20), which extend in each case between the upper surface (14) not inclined and the surfaces (15) adjacent to the first arm (4), in the position of use they have a slope in the first and second direction with respect to the horizontal (X, Y). 2. Device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the multiple surfaces (15, 20), inclined in the installed state of the device (1) with respect to the horizontal, have different inclinations from each other or that the device (1) has on its upper side an outline of multiple slopes. 3. Device (1) according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the device (1) has at least in sections a substantially angular angular cross-section. Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the two surfaces (20) extending in each case between the upper surface (14) not inclined and the surfaces (15) adjacent to the first arm ( 4), are configured as freeform surfaces. 5. Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the non-inclined upper surface (14) has in its installed position, on its outer side or side facing the floor covering, a constant height and is U-shaped surrounding. Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the cover (19) forms with the first arm (4) or vertical arm in the installed state, a slot opening (21) in the form of a groove and / or that the cover (19) has at least one drain opening. 7. Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the device (1) in the third direction (Z) has a height between 10 mm and 250 mm, especially a height between 11 mm and 150 mm, preferably a height between 12 mm and 100 mm, for example, a height between 12.5 mm and 50 mm. Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the opening (8) for the passage of water is provided in a floor drain located below the device (1).