Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
  • E01C11/00—Details of pavings
  • E01C11/22—Gutters; Kerbs ; Surface drainage of streets, roads or like traffic areas
  • E01C11/224—Surface drainage of streets
  • E01C11/225—Paving specially adapted for through-the-surfacing drainage, e.g. perforated, porous; Preformed paving elements comprising, or adapted to form, passageways for carrying off drainage
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
  • E01C2201/00—Paving elements
  • E01C2201/20—Drainage details
  • E01C2201/202—Horizontal drainage channels
  • E01C2201/207—Horizontal drainage channels channels on the bottom
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02A30/00—Adapting or protecting infrastructure or their operation
  • Y02A30/60—Planning or developing urban green infrastructure

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a preferably self- draining tile laying system which allows meteoric water to be drained away through a plurality of channels located under the trampling surface and formed upon laying the tiles or blocks which the paving consists of .
• the main obj ect of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks by providing a self-draining paving system forming a plurality of underground channels communicating with one another and able to collect water by capillarity and to carry it to the draining or collecting points formed, as known, at the end of the slopes given to the laying surface of the paving .
• Figure 1 is a top partial view of the paving according to the invention.
• Figure 2 is an elevation side view of fig . 1 ;
• Figure 3 is a three-dimensional view of fig . 1 showing the draining of the meteoric water
• Figure 4 similar to the preceding view, shows the laying on sandy ground or the like
• Figures 5 , 6 and 7 are bottom, side, and top views of a manhole according to the invention, respectively;
• Figures 8 , 9 and 10 are top, side, and three- dimensional views of a manhole and a laid portion of the paving, respectively;
• Figures 11-13 are bottom, side, and top views of a first variation of the prismatic block according to the invention, respectively;
• Figures 14-16 are bottom, side, and top vies of a second variation of the prismatic block according to the invention, respectively.
• the paving system is of the self-blocking type and is able to be laid preferably on a solid surface such as a ballast of reinforced concrete or asphalt .
• a plurality of underground channels communicating with one another are formed to collect water and to carry it through suitable paths to the sewer system or collecting points for a possible recycle for further use .
• the plurality of underground channels under the trampling surface is typically formed during the laying of paving so that all of the paved areas communicate by capillarity with one another .
• the paving is laid down preferably without using adhesives , thus allowing an easy removal of the blocks to carry out the typical maintenance operations .
• each prismatic elements or block 1 characterized preferably by a calibrated size allows the paving to be laid easily also by unskilled workers .
• the field of application of the draining paving system disclosed is rather wide; it can be laid both on the outside and the inside and everywhere there is the need for a draining walking surface, squares , pedestrian and car roads , swimming pool borders, solariums , cellars , sauna and Turkish baths , among others .
• the finding has the further great advantage of being composed of one material (i . e . its components consists of the same material) , which simplifies the method of draining upon removal of the paving.
• each prismatic element or block 1 consists of a right prism with square base and chamfered corners .
• horizontal corners 2 of the lower base are chamfered, for example, by milling so as to form water draining channels C together with the adjacent blocks .
• vertical corners 3 of each block 1 are more chamfered than horizontal corners 4 of the upper surface .
• the draining paving system consists of a plurality of prismatic elements 1 equal to one another, each of them is obtained preferably by milling a stone block .
• blocks 1 are made of stony material, however, it is self-evident that the same functionality and the same advantage can be achieved by blocks of solid wood, ceramics, fired bricks , plastics , metal, concrete, glass , and any other natural or synthetic material .
• the single block need not to be formed of a block but can also be produced by known techniques of moulding or aggregation of inert materials by the W
• the paving can also be laid on different surfaces from those typically indicated by resorting, if necessary, to the use of adhesives or fastening members of the known type .
• blocks 1 can have bases with square or polygonal shape and the chamfers of the horizontal and/or vertical corners can be even, concave or convex .
• a prismatic "multiple" element M which consists essentially of only one piece comprising four or nine blocks (figs 5-7 ) .
• such multiple element has the resting base provided with grooves C able to guarantee the continuity of the channel net C made according to the invention . From the foregoing it is self-evident that this multiple element operates like a cover of a manhole and is located above the water collecting or discharge pipe (figs . 8-10) .
• a variation of the invention provides that the lower base of each such prismatic element 1 has, as an alternative to the chamfered corners 2 , grooves S communicating with one another and the periphery of the base, which grooves are disposed like a "X" (i . e . according to the diagonals of the base) or like a cross .
• An embodiment of such variation is shown in figures 11-13 in the case of grooves disposed like a "X”, and in figures 14-16 in the case of grooves disposed like a cross .
• such grooves S of the lower base communicate with the periphery of the base at the corners or at the middle point of the sides of the lower base .
• holes F formed by chamfering the vertical corners 3 it is possible to provide at least one vertical hole in at least one groove S of each block 1 (in the illustrated embodiment a central hole is preferable) or at the vertical grooves of the side faces at the end of groove S of the lower base .
• the base is any polygon, such grooves S will be formed between the centre of the base and the corners and/or the centre of the base and the middle point of the sides of the base .
• each block 1 has a portion PF outside the soil and a buried portion PI (fig. 4 ) .

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