Prefabricated Floor Plates With Circular Drainage Slope
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing surface covering systems for floors and roofs that require drainage are inefficient, as they often involve time-consuming methods, uneven declines, and difficulties in laying tiles or other materials due to edge complications and waste generation from cutting.
Innovation Solution
A surface covering system using prefabricated plates with a circular decline towards a drainage point, allowing for even drainage and easy installation with modular design, beveled notches for seamless joints, and grooves for underfloor heating and ventilation, manufactured using methods like milling, hot pressing, or casting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If liquid filler is used to create decline towards drainage point, then drainage function is achieved, but construction time increases and uneven decline occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The decline is pre-formed in the plates during manufacturing before installation. The plates are produced with an integrated circular decline towards the drainage point, eliminating the need for time-consuming on-site filler application and allowing immediate installation of the drainage system.
Solution Approach 2:
The floor surface is divided into multiple separate plates, each with a portion of the circular decline. These plates are arranged radially around the drainage point to collectively form the complete circular decline surface, enabling modular construction without manual filler work.
2Reliability
If liquid filler is used to create decline, then drainage is achieved, but achieving even decline becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The precise circular decline is manufactured in the plates at the factory using controlled processes, ensuring uniform slope and even surface. This pre-precision manufacturing eliminates the variability and unevenness inherent in manual filler application on construction sites.
Solution Approach 2:
The decline geometry is defined by precise geometric parameters (circular pattern, radial orientation, uniform slope angle) that are controlled during plate manufacturing. This parametric design ensures consistent, even decline across all plates when assembled radially around the drainage point.
3Reliability
If envelope decline with milled plates is used, then drainage is achieved, but edges are created that complicate tile laying
Solution Approach 1:
The linear envelope decline is replaced with a circular decline pattern where plates are arranged radially around the drainage point. This curved, radial configuration eliminates the creation of edges between plates, providing a continuous smooth surface that simplifies tile laying and improves comfort.
4Adaptability or versatility
If circular segments are cut in situ to fit walls, then adaptation to room shape is achieved, but time consumption increases and waste is generated
Solution Approach 1:
Plates are manufactured with predetermined shapes and sizes to match specific room configurations before delivery to the construction site. This pre-adaptation eliminates the need for time-consuming on-site cutting and reduces material waste, while maintaining the ability to adapt to different room shapes through varied plate geometries.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a surface covering system intended for a surface in the form of a wet room floor, a roof or another substantially flat, delimited surface which is exposed to water and needs drainage, and to methods for preparing such a system. The surface covering system comprises at least one plate with a mark showing a drainage point and a substantially flat lower surface and an upper surface with a first decline towards the mark. The invention is characterized by that the first decline is circular and has a radial slope (α) directed towards the mark from every point on the at least one plate. The decline creates a cavity in the plate in the shape of at least a part of a blunt virtual cone with the apex of the cone directed towards the mark, achieving a modular surface covering system with an even circular decline.