IP Library Granted Patent US 9,127,446
Granted Patent B2
US 9,127,446 · App. 12/932,301 · Granted Sep 8, 2015

Floor drain

Inventor: Werner Schlueter (Iserlohn, DE)
Assignee: Schluter Systems L.P.
E03F5/04E03F5/0408E03F5/06E03F2005/0413
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Patent No.
US 9,127,446
App. No.
12/932,301
Granted
Sep 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A floor drain ( 10; 60; 70 ) comprising a channel body ( 14; 90 ) defining a drain channel ( 24 ) and having a drain opening ( 26 ), a frame ( 16; 62 ) defining a receiving opening ( 32 ) which can be inserted at least partially into the drain channel ( 24 ) and a cover ( 18 ) that can be inserted into the receiving opening ( 32 ) of the frame ( 16; 62 ), in particular in the form of a grate, at least one spacer ( 20; 64; 72; 87; 96 ) being provided for adjusting a distance between the channel body ( 14; 90 ) and a substrate and/or for adjusting the distance between the channel body ( 14; 90 ) and the frame ( 16; 62 ), the at least one spacer ( 20; 64; 72; 87; 96 ) being formed with infinite height adjustment.

Claims (8)

1. A floor drain comprising:

an elongated channel body defining a drain channel having a drain opening at an upper end thereof;

a frame comprising sidewalls defining a receiving opening, and projections protruding from said sidewalls into said receiving opening, said frame extending at least partially into said drain channel;

a spacer including:

a plate element having at least one threaded bore therethrough, said plate element spanning a width of said drain channel and engaging lower sides of opposing projections of said frame; and

at least one adjusting screw having a threaded end and an end with a head, said threaded end threadably extending through said threaded bore and engaging a surface of said drain channel, wherein, turning of said adjusting screw facilitates elevational adjustment of said frame relative to said drain channel; and

an elongated cover inserted into the receiving opening of the frame and supported by said projections.

2. The floor drain according to claim 1 , wherein the projections are formed by punched-out and bent sections of said frame.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2015
From: SCHLUETER-SYSTEMS KG
To: SCHLUTER SYSTEMS L.P.
Reel/Frame 035208/0232 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2011
From: SCHLUETER, WERNER
To: SCHLUETER-SYSTEMS KG
Reel/Frame 026035/0879 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2010 002 763 U · Feb 24, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110203979A1 · Aug 25, 2011