This invention is an extra-flat shower pan (2) that is to be installed with a drain integrated into its body. This extra-flat drain that is integrated into the body of the pan enables the latter to have the possibility of having the lowest possible height (6) for obtaining a height of about 5 to 10 cm according to the manufacturing material of the pan.
In the field of bathrooms, there are generally two types of pans. The first type of pan (2) is an extra-flat pan (
The second type of pan that exists is a raised pan that is to be installed (
This invention relates to an extra-flat pan to be installed (2) without masonry work (
The shape of this drain (14) could be very easily integrated into the mold of a ceramic pan, in the mold of a plastic pan, and in the mold of a metal pan. And once the pan is manufactured, the imprint of the shape of the drain is integrated into the body of the pan (2).
In this way, we no longer need to provide a drain and to adapt it to the pan because the pan has its own drain that is equipped with a siphon and a water guard for preventing bad odors. Inside this drain, it is necessary to have slopes (7) located in the space (14) for, on the one hand, limiting the amount of stored waste water that is accessible to the open air in the space part (8) that is limited between the barriers (9) and the height (15) (between ⅛ and ¾ of a liter of water), and, on the other hand, to accelerate the flow of waste water (11) to the pipe (1).
In the drain part of this extra-flat pan (2), the piece (10) comprises a cover (13) that allows access into the siphon that is integrated with the form (14) if obstruction and the grid (12) hide the unit from the drain by limiting the travel of non-liquid materials that could prevent the draining of the liquids (11).
The height (6) of the extra-flat pan can be calculated according to the following rule: this depends on the thickness of the raw material with which the pan is manufactured (ceramic, plastic, or metal . . . ), the width and the length of the part (14) of the angle and the depth of drainage (16), the height of the barriers (9), the travel distance between the piece (10) and the barrier (9), the depth of the space of the water guard (8), and the height (15) that specifies the end of the slope (7). The height of the barrier (9) shows the height of the water guard.
The function of drainage, taking into account the height of the water guard, could be built into an extra-flat pan that is to be installed in the following way, by way of example:
For a plastic pan that is manufactured by heat-forming for a dimension: width 90 cm, length 90 cm for a height (6) of 7 cm, the maximum drainage depth (16) up to the drain is 15 mm. The depth (8) from the beginning of the slope (7) is 5 cm. The space for the passage of water between the piece (10) and the depth (8) is 15 mm, and the space for the passage between the piece (10) and the barrier (9) is 1 cm. The height of the barrier (9) is 40 mm. The height (15) could be equal to or slightly less than 5 mm maximum than the height of the barrier (9); this would limit the amount of waste water that is stored in the water guard and that is accessible to the open air.
Consequently, if we keep within the dimensions that we just indicated, we can obtain an extra-flat pan with a height of 7 cm.
The accompanying drawings illustrate:
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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07 4353 | Jun 2007 | FR | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/FR2008/000833 | 6/16/2008 | WO | 00 | 12/22/2009 |