Drainage Hole Floor Module with Pre-Mounted Pipe
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for installing drainage hole floor modules in buildings are prone to errors, leading to misassembly and water leakage due to incorrect inclination and misplacement of drainage pipes, resulting in costly water damage and labor-intensive installation processes.
Innovation Solution
A method for producing a modular drainage hole floor module with a predetermined slope, where the drainage pipe is rigidly bonded to a thermosetting polymer plate member, ensuring correct inclination and waterproof sealing, allowing for cost-effective, efficient installation without the need for additional assembly of membranes or clamping rings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If drainage pipe and gully are mounted at building site, then installation flexibility is improved, but misassembly and positioning errors occur leading to water leakage
Solution Approach 1:
The drainage pipe is pre-mounted in the plate member during factory production before installation at the building site. This preliminary action ensures correct positioning and eliminates assembly errors that occur when mounting at the building site, while still allowing installation flexibility through the modular plate member design.
Solution Approach 2:
The drainage pipe and plate member are merged into a single integrated component during manufacturing. This combination eliminates the need for separate mounting operations and ensures precise positioning of the drainage pipe relative to the plate member, preventing misassembly errors.
2Adaptability or versatility
If slope is produced at building site, then installation adaptability is improved, but incorrect inclination occurs resulting in waste water not running off
Solution Approach 1:
The sloping upper surface is pre-formed on the plate member during factory production with precise inclination control. This preliminary action ensures correct slope angle that guarantees proper waste water runoff, while the modular plate member maintains installation adaptability at the building site.
Solution Approach 2:
The slope inclination parameter is precisely controlled during plate member manufacturing to ensure optimal waste water runoff. The predetermined slope angle is optimized to guarantee proper drainage functionality while maintaining installation flexibility through the modular design.
3Reliability
If complex assembly with membranes and clamping rings is used, then waterproofing is improved, but installation complexity and labor intensity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The waterproofing function is merged into the plate member itself through integrated sealing structures and the pre-mounted drainage pipe. This eliminates the need for separate membranes and clamping rings, maintaining reliable waterproofing while significantly reducing assembly complexity and labor intensity.
Solution Approach 2:
The complex assembly components (membranes, clamping rings) are extracted from the system and replaced by integrated waterproofing solutions built into the plate member and drainage pipe assembly. This simplifies the overall system while maintaining waterproofing performance.
4Manufacturing precision
If drainage pipe is pre-mounted in plate member, then assembly accuracy is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The drainage pipe is pre-mounted in the plate member during factory production using standardized mounting procedures. This preliminary action ensures precise positioning and eliminates field assembly errors, while the modular design and standardized processes keep manufacturing complexity manageable.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution ensures a fail-safe, cost-effective installation process with guaranteed waterproofing, reducing the risk of water damage and simplifying the installation by predetermining the slope and ensuring proper positioning of the drainage pipe, thus eliminating misassembly issues and labor-intensive procedures.
Implementation Method 1
whereby the plate member comprises the thermosetting polymer homogeneously seen in a direction from the extended lower surface up to the extended upper sloping surface, wherein in the drainage pipe extends through the thermosetting polymer
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AI summary
The invention regards a method of production of a drainage hole floor module (1) to a floor structure (13) of a building site (27) and a modular plate member (1) per se. The method comprises the step of providing a forming tool (41) for manufacture of a plate member (5) comprising a thermosetting polymer. The member (5) has an extended lower surface (9) and an extended upper sloping surface (17) converging to an apex point (AP). In a further forming step is made permanently joining of a drainage pipe (19) rigidly to the thermosetting polymer, wherein an upper end (45) of said drainage pipe (19) is positioned at said apex point (AP). The modules are transported as bulk cargo to the building site and are simply installed.