Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Including component designed to receive a disparate article... – Lavatory fixture
Patent
1998-10-08
2000-05-09
Friedman, Carl D.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Including component designed to receive a disparate article...
Lavatory fixture
52 35, 523021, 525891, 525921, 42511, 4612, 4614, A47K 316
Patent
active
060586591
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an arrangement for a sanitary floor such as a floor in a bathroom, a laundry or the like, said floor includes at least one fall of the same towards at least one floor drain.
Today a big problem is to provide sanitary floors having adequate and correct fall to a floor drain provided therein. The most common method is to cast the floor or fill up the same with concrete so that a fall is formed in a direction towards the floor drain. It has been found to be very difficult, especially after construction, for example to create said top casting or filling so that the outflow towards the floor drain functions satisfactory without having water remaining in pools in different locations on the floor surface. During new construction often uses prefabricated wiping rails inclinded towards the floor drain, which are later removed. After that a first casting is carried out and whereafter the marks after the rails have been filled up by concrete. This has been found to be very expensive and time consuming.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object with the present invention is to provide an arrangement for a sanitary floor of the type mentioned above by aid of which the drawbacks stated above have been eliminated. The distinguishing features according to the invention are stated in the claims enclosed.
The invention makes it possible in a very easy way to provide a sanitary floor having a fall towards a floor drain which means that problems concerning a correct outflow no longer exist. The floor can be mounted on an already existing even supporting surface and a method using castings in different stages is no longer implemented. After mounting the block elements forming the sanitary floor the floor is finished to serve as a support for a sanitary carpet of plastic material or a suitable type of clinker or tile floor. A special treatment of the block elements is not necessary after mounting the same since each respective block element is prefabricated. The block elements often only need to be cut off along the edges which are turned towards the outer walls of the room in question. In the case of large floor surfaces, the outermost elements only have to be raised to a level which is the same as adjacent elements by aid of special spacers. In the cases the different block elements forming the floor in their edge sections are provided with groove and tenon, it is guaranteed that a correct passage in the same level can be provided without a filling up casting afterwards. This is an advantage in the event that the floor is later covered by a plastic carpet.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention shall be described closer below with reference to the drawing enclosed, in which
FIG. 1 shows a schematic plane view of a sanitary floor according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a cross section along the line II--II in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the groove and tenon feature of the invention .
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
As can be seen from the drawings an embodiment of the invention refers to a sanitary floor 1, such as a floor to a bathroom, laundry or the like, said sanitary floor comprises a number of separate, prefabricated block elements 2, 3 and 4. These elements are, in the example illustrated, of a square formation. One of the block elements 2 comprises a floor drain 5, towards which the upper surface of this element inclines in a predetermined angle from the respective outer edge. The block elements 2-4 are supported by a bedding 6 against which their lower surface 7 contacts and extends parallelly. The upper surface 8 of the block elements 2-4 is, to the contrary, inclined a predetermined angle or inclines towards the floor drain 5 included in one or some of the elements.
In the example illustrated the floor 1 comprises of five corner block elements 4, each of which is provided with two inclinations which are inclined towards each other along a diagonal over the element in question. The floor 1 further comprises twelve block
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Friedman Carl D.
Horton Yvonne M.
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