Floor drain, in particular a shower drain

p0001The invention relates to a floor drain for wet areas, especially in the form of a shower drain, with a frame and the frame can be inserted from the top carrier, wherein the frame and the outer edge of the carrier an inlet slot, preferably form a peripheral inlet slot.

p0002From the <patcit id="pcit0001" dnum="DE202005004087U1"><text>DE 20 2005 004 087 U1</text></patcit> is a generic floor drain is known which has an upwardly open seat for a cover. The cover is removably inserted in the seat, in such a way that a circumferential inlet slot between the upper edge of the seat and the outer edge of the cover is formed. The cover has a bottom and a peripheral skirt in the form of a thin, vertically standing frame, wherein the frame defines with the bottom a recess for insertion of a freely selectable floor covering blank. As examples of the usable in the recess floor covering blank are in the<patcit id="pcit0002" dnum="DE202005004087U1"><text>DE 20 2005 004 087 U1</text></patcit> concrete tile, linoleum and cork, carpeting, a lacquered blank and a layer comprising a plastic blank Direction called. The floorcovering blank is thereby gripped directly by the frame-like enclosure.

p0003Although this known floor drain allows compared to conventional floor drains with a metallic drain grating optical adaptation to the flooring around, so that the floor drain or its cover not disturbing stands opposite the flooring around. However, the tailor cutting a tile or other floor covering for insertion of the blank into the recess of the cover requires a relatively high level of skill and succeed often only after several attempts. Further, this known floor drain in terms of hygiene appears to be even more improved.

p0004The present invention has for its object to provide a floor drain of the aforementioned type, which saves the tilers the tedious customize a tile or other floor covering in a recess of a cover of the floor drain, and also offers the possibility of a perfect hygienic point surface instead of a metal drain grate to be installed in a bathroom, to make a creative statement in the bathroom.

p0005This object is achieved by a floor drain having the features specified in claim. 1

p0006The floor drain according to the invention comprises a frame and a frame insertable into the top carrier, wherein the frame and the outer edge of the support form an inlet slot. The carrier is the upper surface with a glass plate, sanded the outer edge or rounded. The outer edge of the glass plate is flush with the outer edge of the underlying carrier or overlooked this side. The glass plate and the frame thereby form an upper inlet slot, which is followed by the inlet slot formed by the frame and the outer edge of the carrier.

p0007The floor drain according to the invention therefore does not mount with an extra thin frame for the purposes of <patcit id="pcit0003" dnum="DE202005004087U1"><text>DE 20 2005 004 087 U1</text></patcit> on. The upper, preferably circumferential inlet slot is defined directly by the ground or rounded outer edge of the glass plate and the inside of the frame. The floor drain according to the invention is thus characterized by an easy-to-clean and material-saving cover. Since the carrier has a cover no additional frame as a border, but for example, consists of a flat base plate, there are no dirty edges or joints where impurities that would exist between the rim and the glass plate otherwise. The glass plate is delivered as a prefabricated blank for the floor drain according to the invention and represents an optimum in hygiene aspect surface. The glass plate is preferably made of glass and can dyed depending on the version, the back color coated and / or matted. A cutting of the glass plate on the site is not required.

p0008Conventional floor drains or shower channels have a metal drain cover, which is usually made of stainless steel. In contrast, the glass plate of the floor drain according to the invention is an optical alternative that allows design problems an extraordinary accentuation of the floor drain. Nevertheless, it can be achieved depending on the design of the glass plate and the surrounding flooring a harmonious integration into the flooring, since the inlet slot or the inlet slots not dominate the appearance of the floor drain according to the invention.

p0009A preferred embodiment of the floor drain according to the invention is that the glass plate at least on the upper side has a matt, ie roughened surface. This is useful not only for achieving adequate slip resistance, but may also be desirable from a visual standpoint, to obscure a view of the underlying substrate.

p0010A further preferred embodiment of the floor drain according to the invention is characterized in that the frame has on the inside at least one web which is spaced from the upper edge of the frame and serves as a support for the carrier, said web having a plurality of spacers on its upper side, on which the carrier rests in the assembled state, and wherein the carrier on its underside, the spacers associated recesses, in which engage the spacers in the assembled state of the carrier. It can be ensured on the one hand a reliable water flow below the carrier to a discharge nozzle and on the other hand a defined unreceptive to displacement position of the carrier and the associated glass plate with respect to the frame, in particular a substantially constant width of a circumferential inlet slot.

p0011The floor drain according to the invention can be performed with a substantially square glass plate relatively compact. Likewise, the floor drain according to the invention can also be embodied as elongated shower channel for producing a floor-level shower.

p0012In the case of an elongated shower channel, the carrier is preferably formed of a cross-sectionally U-shaped support profile, have the legs in the assembled state of the carrier section downwards.

p0013By a fixed against unintentional displacement position of the support rail with the glass plate in relation to the frame and thereby to ensure a substantially constant width of a circumferential inlet slot may be provided on the front sides of the legs of the carrier profile spacer according to a further embodiment of the invention, the distance from the top side of the carrier profile are arranged and facing the inside of the frame.

p0014According to a further advantageous refinement, it is provided that the frame is inserted into a channel-shaped base body having a circumferential flange, wherein the upper edge of the frame in the mounted state against the top of the flange protruding upward.

p0015In addition, it is proposed according to a further advantageous embodiment, the support and the frame via spacers, preferably are mounted on the bottom of the trough-shaped base body on common spacers. By means of such spacers offered the installer in different height versions and the floor drain according to the invention can be enclosed, can be the upper surface of the glass plate in a simple manner to the strength (thickness) of adjusting the floor drain surrounding tiles so that the glass plate flush with the surface for tiling lies.

p0016For simple installation and kippelfreie storage of the frame and the support (support profile), it is advantageous if in accordance with another embodiment of the frame on its underside having spacers associated recesses, engages in each one formed on each spacer interlocking element.

p0017A simple adjustability of the level of the glass plate to differently thick tiles, according to another embodiment achieved in that the carrier is mounted on the bottom of the channel-shaped base body via height-adjustable spacers.

p0018Further advantageous and preferred embodiments of the floor drain according to the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

p0019The invention with reference to a several embodiments drawing depicting in more detail. Show it:<dl id="dl0001"><dt>Fig. 1</dt><dd>a perspective plan view of a floor tile flooring with a integrated therein inventive floor drain;</dd><dt>FIG. 2</dt><dd>a top perspective view of a floor drain according to the invention <figref idrefs="f0001">Fig. 1</figref> in exploded view;</dd><dt>Fig. 3</dt><dd>a bottom perspective view of the floor drain of the <figref idrefs="f0002">FIG. 2</figref> in exploded view; </dd><dt>Fig. 4</dt><dd>a sectional view of in the <figref idrefs="f0002">Figures 2 and 3</figref> Floor drain shown;</dd><dt>Fig. 5</dt><dd>a perspective plan view of a floor tile flooring with a integrated therein inventive floor drain in the form of a shower drain;</dd><dt>Fig. 6</dt><dd>a top perspective view of the shower drain in accordance <figref idrefs="f0004">Fig. 5</figref> in exploded view;</dd><dt>Fig. 7</dt><dd>an enlarged detail view of a spacer of <figref idrefs="f0005">Fig. 6</figref>;</dd><dt>Fig. 8</dt><dd>a cross-sectional view of the installed shower tray according <figref idrefs="f0005">Fig. 6</figref> in the field of outer spacers;</dd><dt>Fig. 9</dt><dd>a cross-sectional view of the installed shower tray according <figref idrefs="f0005">Fig. 6</figref> In medium spacers; and</dd><dt>Fig. 10</dt><dd>a cross-sectional view of a shower drain according to another embodiment with height-adjustable by rotating spacers invention.</dd></dl>

p0020The in <figref idrefs="f0001 f0002 f0003">Figures 1 to 4</figref> Floor drain illustrated is particularly intended for the construction of a floor-level shower. He will be, for example, integrated the screed in the floor structure.

p0021The floor drain comprises a frame 1 and a frame insertable into the top bracket 2, wherein the outer dimensions of the frame 1 an ordinary tile format (eg 10 cm x 10 cm or 15 cm x 15 cm) correspond. In the illustrated example the frame 1 is formed substantially square and made of metal or plastic.

p0022The frame 1 has on its inside a ridge 1.1, which is spaced from the upper edge 1.2 of the frame and serves as a support for the carrier second At its top, the web has four 1.1 frustoconical spacer 1.3, on which the carrier 2 rests, which is embodied here as a flat carrier plate. The spacers 1.3 are arranged close to the inner corners of the frame first The plate-shaped carrier 2 has at its underside on the spacers 1.3 2.1 associated recesses, in which engage the spacers in the assembled state of the carrier the second The spacers 1.3 provide a reliable water drainage below the support 2 are operational.

p0023On the web 1.1 a downward drain connection 1.4 is formed. The drain connection 1.4 is annular shape and inserted in the assembled state in a flow pipe section. 3 On the inside of the drain pipe section 3 has a circumferential resilient sealing lip 3.1 is formed, which abuts sealingly against the outside of the downcomer 1.4. On the lateral surface of the outlet pipe section 3 a large number of revolving ribs 3.2 are formed, which are equally spaced from each other and serve as guides for a saw or other cutting tool when cutting the flow tube section. 3

p0024The frame 1 and the outer edge of the plate-shaped carrier 2 form a circumferential inlet slot 4. On the plate-shaped carrier 2 is a glass plate 5 is arranged, the outer edge honed or rounded. The glass plate 5 is integrally connected to the carrier 2 by gluing. Alternatively, there is also the possibility of the glass plate 5 to be connected to the carrier 2 a form-fitting by five mutually associated form-locking elements, for example small holes and engaging therein elevations are provided at the top of the carrier 2 and the underside of the glass plate. Preferably, the glass plate 5, however, is glued to the top of the plate support 2nd

p0025The glass plate 5 is made of safety glass, for example of foil laminated glass. This is a surface-treated glass plate 5, for example, a top side and / or underside etched or sandblasted glass plate. Further, it may be a colored, for example, a solid-colored or provided with a colored glass plate Hinterklebung. 5

p0026The glass plate 5 is dimensioned so that its outer edge is flush with the outer edge of the substrate 2, or - as in <figref idrefs="f0003">Fig. 4</figref> shown - the outer edge of the carrier 2 via projects slightly laterally. In any case, the glass plate 5 is dimensioned so that it and the frame 1 form an upper inlet slot 6, to which the inlet slot 4 formed by the frame 1 and the outer edge of the carrier is joined to.

p0027The plate-like support 2 is made of stainless steel, light metal or plastic. The 5 consisting of the carrier 2 and the glass plate composite panel is a prefabricated component, which must be no longer processed by the installer of the floor drain. The top of the glass plate 5 is flush with the top edge of the frame 1.2. 1 The tiles can be laid to F to the frame 1 of the floor drain.

p0028In the <figref idrefs="f0004 f0005 f0006">Figures 5-9</figref> is shown a further embodiment of a floor drain according to the invention. The floor drain is designed here in the form of a so-called shower drain, wherein the carrier 2 'is formed of a cross-sectionally U-shaped support profile, 2.2 have the legs in the assembled state down.

p0029The frame 1 'is inserted in a trough-shaped main body 7 having a peripheral flange 7.1, wherein the upper edge 1.2 of the frame 1' in the assembled state against the top of the flange protrudes above 7.1. The basic body 7 is provided with a drain connection 7.2. The frame 1 'and the base body 7 define a circumferential gap which is sealed by a circumferential seal 8 made of rubber or the like. The tile or natural stone covering F is the flange 7.1 overlapping to close to the frame 1 zoom down '. In the joint between the floor tiles and the frame 1 'is a permanently elastic jointing material 9 is placed above the seal eighth

p0030The support (support profile) 2 'and the frame 1' are mounted on common spacers 10, 10 'on the bottom of the trough-shaped main body 7, the bottom of the main body 7 has a slope to the drain port 7.2 out.

p0031The respective spacer 10, 10 'is provided with a groove 10.1, in which the frame 1' is inserted positively. As in<figref idrefs="f0005">Fig. 7</figref> It can be seen, the frame 1 'at its bottom the spacers 10, 10' associated recesses 1.5 on, in each case engages one of the respective spacer 10, 10 'formed in the positive-fit element 10.2. Further, the respective spacer 10, 10 'a paragraph 10.3 as a bearing surface for the downwardly directed leg 2.2 of the carrier section 2'.

p0032Furthermore, in <figref idrefs="f0005">Fig. 6</figref> to recognize that the support section 2 'has at the end faces of its legs spacer 2.2 2.3, the distance from the top side of the carrier section 2' are arranged, and the inside of the frame 1 ', and are indeed facing its shorter transverse sides.

p0033The spacers 10, 10 'are made different. While in<figref idrefs="f0006">Fig. 8</figref> shown, that is the outer, close to the shorter cross sides of the frame 1 'which is arranged spacers 10 have a substantially horizontal extending bottom (base), the bottom (base) which is in <figref idrefs="f0006">Fig. 9</figref> illustrated middle spacers 10 'are formed at an angle corresponding to the bottom in the middle section of the channel-shaped base body. 7

p0034The spacers 10, 10 'are close to the fillet regions of the channel-shaped base body. 7 Likewise, the legs are 2.2 of the carrier section 2, so that the position of the spacers 10, 10 ', the frame 1' and the carrier section 2 'to each other and set' close to paragraphs 10.3 of the spacers 10, 10 'with respect to the base body 7 is and unwanted relative displacements of these components to each other are excluded in the assembled state.

p0035On the top of the support rail 2 'in turn is a glass plate 5' glued, with reference to the exception of their elongated, substantially rectangular shape corresponding to the <figref idrefs="f0001 f0002 f0003">Figures 1 to 4</figref> Described embodiment is performed.

p0036In <figref idrefs="f0006">Fig. 10</figref> there is shown a further embodiment of an inventive shower drain. This embodiment differs from that described above with regard to the design of the spacers. It should be appreciated that the spacers 10 '', which are provided with grooves 10.1, in which the longitudinal portions of the frame 1 'are inserted in a formfitting having no heels as a support for the downwardly directed legs 2.2 of the carrier section 2'. The support rail 2 'is here provided with height-adjustable spacers 2.4 and this supported on the bottom of the trough-shaped main body 7 (supported). The leg 2.2 of the carrier section 2 'lie with their outer sides of the spacers 10 ", so that the position of the carrier section 2' is set.

p0037The invention is not limited in its embodiment to the embodiments described above.