Modular Shower Drainage Channel With Rod Grate for High Flow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional floor-level shower drainage channels are costly to produce and maintain due to the need for multiple lengths and a visible plate-shaped grating, which limits their adaptability and aesthetic appeal while compromising drainage capacity.
Innovation Solution
A drainage channel design featuring a rod-like body as the grate, with channel end pieces that include a seal and recess for supporting the rod-like body, allowing for customizable length adjustment and reduced visible surface area, using fewer materials and enabling high drainage capacity with a minimalist design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple channel body lengths are produced to meet different space conditions, then adaptability to various shower sizes is improved, but production costs and stock complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The channel body is designed as a modular system with standardized segments that can be combined in different configurations. The channel consists of identical basic units with standardized connection interfaces, allowing any required length to be achieved by assembling the appropriate number of segments rather than producing multiple complete channel variants.
Solution Approach 2:
A single universal channel body design with adjustable parameters serves multiple functions and applications. The standardized connection system and adjustable grid positioning enable the same channel body to adapt to different shower sizes and configurations, eliminating the need for multiple specialized channel types.
2Productivity
If a plate-shaped grating is used to cover the channel, then drainage function is provided, but visible surface area increases reducing aesthetic appeal
Solution Approach 1:
The grating function is extracted from a traditional plate-shaped cover and implemented through rod-like elements that extend only partially over the channel. This allows water drainage to occur through and around the rods while minimizing the visible surface area, as the rods occupy minimal space compared to a solid plate grating.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of a solid plate grating, the channel uses a porous arrangement of rod-like elements with gaps between them. This porous structure provides adequate drainage capacity while maintaining a minimalist aesthetic with reduced visible surface area, allowing water to pass through the openings between rods.
3Area of stationary object
If the channel body width is reduced to minimize visible area, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but drainage capacity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The drainage capacity is enhanced by utilizing the vertical dimension through adjustable grid positioning at different heights. By adjusting the grid position vertically within the channel, the system optimizes water capture efficiency without requiring an increased channel width, thus maintaining a narrow, aesthetically pleasing profile while preserving drainage performance.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a drainage channel (1) for a floor-level shower, with a channel body (2) and at least one channel end piece (3). The invention is based on the object of creating a drainage channel for floor-level showers that can be produced more cost-effectively than conventional shower channels and, when fully installed, has a relatively small visible surface with a high drainage capacity. This object is achieved in that the at least one channel end piece (3) can be detachably connected to the channel body (2) and is provided with a seal (7) assigned to the channel body (2), the at least one channel end piece (3) having at least one recess or Has a holder for supporting one end of a rod-like body (5) which, in the assembled state, extends along and inside the inlet opening (2.2) of the channel body (2).