Fluid handling – With casing – support – protector or static constructional... – Static constructional installations
Patent
1999-04-29
2000-07-11
Chambers, A. Michael
Fluid handling
With casing, support, protector or static constructional...
Static constructional installations
137433, 137 42, F16L 500
Patent
active
06085779&
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND PRIOR ART
The present invention relates to a draining gutter adapted to be placed in a floor of a space inside a building for conducting drain water away from the space through a draining conduit connected thereto.
Such draining gutters are arranged in different types of sanitary spaces or rooms, such as for example bathrooms and shower-rooms, so as to receive and transport water, such as bathwater and showerwater, away. However, they may also be placed in other spaces where it is conceivable that it is desired to transport water or any other liquid resulting from for example any type of process from the space, such as any type of laboratory, work-shop premises or the like. Although water is discussed here and in the claims, this is not at all to be interpreted as limiting the invention, but there is mostly a question about water, and water is here defined as comprising all types of fluids.
In order to illuminate but not in any way restrict the invention the use of such draining gutters in bathrooms and shower premises inside buildings will be discussed hereinafter. A damp environment is formed in such draining gutters and draining conduits connected thereto, which means good conditions for the growth of bacteria, mould and fungus. Furthermore, some noxious insects thrive in the damp environment and may be reproduced very quickly there. It is in general also so that the environment as such in the room, such as for example a shower-room or a bathroom, in which the draining gutter is located has an unhealthy high humidity and results in exactly said draw-backs for people staying there as well as a risk that moisture penetrates into the frame of the building and gives rise to rot or other damaging effects.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a draining gutter of the type mentioned in the introduction, which makes it possible to handle the inconveniences mentioned above and caused by the use of such draining gutters satisfying to a large extent.
This object is according to the invention obtained by providing a draining gutter according to the appendent claim 1.
Thanks to the fact that the draining gutter has said channel means for conducting air from the space to the draining conduit, it is possible to utilise the draining gutter as an exhaust air means when an arrangement transporting air, such as a fan, is arranged downstream in the draining conduit. However, such conduction of air could be achieved in any conceivable way, such as also through natural ventilation. Thus, it gets possible to obtain a ventilation of the space in question through the draining gutter, which by this gets a double function, and thanks to the conduction of air therethrough it become possible to keep the humidity level in the draining gutter as well as in the draining conduit at such a low level that the conditions for growth of bacteria, mould and fungus gets very bad and the problems connected thereto disappear. A use of the draining gutter as exhaust air means also results in a transport of the damp air present in the space away from the space through a part of the building, namely the floor, which has a water-tight isolation between the space and the building elements and the building frame located therebehind, which is an important advantage of the draining gutter according to the invention with respect to draining gutters already known, which have the consequence that the exhaust air means are arranged in walls or ceilings and by the air flows thereof transport moisture to part of the space having no water-tight isolation with respect to construction elements and the building frames located therebehind. By the fact that the draining gutter according to the invention further comprises an arrangement for adjusting the air flow resistance of said channel means it gets possible to obtain an optimum exhaust air function of the draining gutter, and to connect a plurality of such draining gutters to a draining pipe in common thereto, to which an arrangement evacuati
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Chambers A. Michael
McShane Thomas L.
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