Floor drain
AssigneeSchluter Systems L.P.
InventorWerner Schluter
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Abstract
A floor drain includes a channel body defining a longitudinal direction and including two outflow channels which extend parallel to each other, each having a channel bottom and two channel walls. A connecting bar extends horizontally and connects the upper mutually facing longitudinal edges of the channel walls. An outflow opening interrupts the connecting bar and the channel walls directly connected thereto. An outflow fitting is arranged below the channel body and surrounds the outflow opening in the circumferential direction. At least one slat-like connecting element is detachably mounted on the channel body and is designed in such a way that it continues the connecting bar and the channel walls in the region interrupted by the outlet opening.
Claims20
A floor drain, comprising:
- a channel body defining a longitudinal direction and comprising at least two outflow channels which extend parallel to each other, each having a channel bottom and two channel walls;
- a connecting bar extending horizontally and connecting the upper mutually facing longitudinal edges of the channel walls;
- and an outflow opening that interrupts the connecting bar and the channel walls directly connected thereto,
- an outflow fitting arranged below the channel body and surrounding the outflow opening in the circumferential direction, and
- at least one slat-like connecting element which is detachably mounted on the channel body and is designed in such a way that it continues the connecting bar and the channel walls in the region interrupted by the outlet opening.
A floor drain installation, comprising:
- a subfloor surface having an opening formed therethrough;
- a drain flange supported above the subfloor, at least a portion of the drain flange extending through the opening in the subfloor surface and being connectable to a drainage pipe therebelow;
- a flange support assembly disposed beneath and supporting the drain flange;
- a shower pan tray, substantially circumscribing the flange support assembly;
- a waterproofing membrane, extending over the shower pan tray and at least partially over upper surfaces of the drain flange;
- a channel body having a bottom surface, the bottom surface of the channel body extending across the waterproofing membrane, the channel body defining a longitudinal direction having an outflow opening formed in a bottom thereof, the outflow opening positioned above the opening formed through the subfloor;
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- an outflow fitting arranged below the channel body and fluidly coupling the channel body with the drainage flange.
A method of installing a floor drain assembly, comprising:
- positioning a drain flange support assembly beneath a drain flange;
- positioning the drain flange and support assembly atop an opening formed through a subfloor, the drain flange being connectable through the opening to a drainage pipe;
- at least partially circumscribing the drain flange support assembly with a shower pan tray;
- installing waterproofing membrane across the shower pan tray, the waterproofing membrane extending at least partially across upper surfaces of the drain flange;
- positioning an outflow fitting in fluid communication with an outflow opening formed in a channel body;
- positioning a bottom surface of the channel body above an upper surface of the waterproofing membrane such that the channel body extends outwardly from the drain flange and above the waterproofing membrane and the shower pan tray;
- positioning a debris screen within the channel body over the outflow opening in the channel body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.