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US 10,648,188 B1Granted
Aggregate retaining devices for drains and drain covers
OwnerTodd Krombeininventor
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Abstract
A drain assembly can be installed in a wall for containing an artificial body of water, such as a pool bottom and/or sidewalls. The drain assembly can be used with a water circulation system for the artificial body of water. The drain assembly has a plaster attachment device for securing a plaster mixture to the drain assembly. The plaster mixture can substantially match or look similar to the surface of the pool bottom and/or sidewalls.
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A drain assembly for an artificial body of water, the drain assembly comprising:
- a drain housing configured to pass fluid flow therethrough, an outflow portion of the drain housing extending along a longitudinal axis and disposed at a radius from the longitudinal axis;
- a flow controller configured to be positioned at least partially within the drain housing, the flow controller configured to deflect fluid flow around the flow controller and into the drain housing;
- a first plaster attachment device connected to the flow controller, the first plaster attachment device comprising a first plaster opening and a first sidewall, the first plaster opening configured to receive and support plaster mixtures substantially matching plaster mixtures of a wall configured to contain an artificial body of water, the first plaster opening configured to support plaster at a first desired depth, the first sidewall disposed at a first desired radius from a central axis, the first sidewall configured to support plaster at the first desired radius, the central axis spaced apart from the longitudinal axis;
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- a second plaster attachment device connected to the drain housing, the second plaster attachment device circumscribing the first plaster attachment device, the second plaster attachment device comprising a channel circumscribing the first plaster opening, the channel configured to receive and support plaster mixtures substantially matching plaster mixtures of the wall configured to contain the artificial body of water, the channel configured to support plaster at a second desired depth, the channel spaced radially away from the first plaster opening, the second desired depth extending parallel to the central axis to a surface of the channel, the surface configured to support plaster that is separate from plaster mixtures of the wall, the surface extending perpendicular to the central axis.
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A drain assembly for an artificial body of water, the drain assembly comprising:
- a drain housing configured to pass fluid flow therethrough, the drain housing comprising an outflow opening through which fluid flow exits the drain housing;
- a flow controller configured to be positioned at least partially within the drain housing, the flow controller configured to deflect fluid flow around the flow controller and into the drain housing;
- a plaster attachment device connected to the flow controller, the plaster attachment device comprising a plaster opening, a sidewall, and a protrusion in the plaster opening, the plaster opening configured to receive and support plaster mixtures substantially matching plaster mixtures of a wall configured to contain an artificial body of water, the plaster opening configured to support plaster at a desired depth, the sidewall configured to support plaster at a desired radius, the protrusion extending from a bottom surface of the plaster opening and configured to retain plaster within the plaster opening, wherein at least a portion of the outflow opening is disposed radially beyond the plaster opening;
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- one or more ribs having a longitudinal extent perpendicular to a central axis of the drain housing, the ribs configured to contact the wall and vertically elevate at least a portion of the drain housing away from the wall configured to contain the artificial body of water whereby creating a flow path over the wall to increase flow rate through the drain assembly, wherein the ribs are positioned on a surface of the drain housing configured to at least partially face the wall configured to contain the artificial body of water.
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A drain assembly for an artificial body of water, the drain assembly comprising:
- a drain housing configured to pass fluid flow therethrough;
- a flow controller configured to be positioned at least partially within the drain housing, the flow controller configured to deflect fluid flow around the flow controller and into the drain housing;
- a plaster attachment device connected to the flow controller, the plaster attachment device comprising a plaster opening and a sidewall, the plaster opening configured to receive and support plaster mixtures substantially matching plaster mixtures of a wall configured to contain an artificial body of water, the plaster opening configured to support plaster at a first desired depth, and the sidewall configured to support plaster at a first desired radius;
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- one or more indentations having a longitudinal extent perpendicular to a central axis of the drain housing, the indentations configured to create a flow path over the wall to increase flow rate through the drain assembly, the indentations positioned on a surface of the drain housing configured to face the wall for containing the artificial body of water, the surface extending perpendicular to the central axis,
- wherein the flow controller supports the plaster attachment device as a cantilever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.