Floor-Level Shower Tray Assembly for Sealing on Uneven Floors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing floor-level shower surface units face challenges in easy installation, maintaining long-term sealing, and ensuring barrier-free access due to complex assembly processes and potential water penetration issues, especially when dealing with uneven floor surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A shower surface unit constructed in two layers with a thin-walled upper layer and a lower layer of synthetic resin, reinforced with a synthetic resin edge, which forms a stable and cohesive connection with a mounting frame, allowing for easy assembly and effective sealing, and featuring adjustable frame feet for alignment with the floor.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a one-piece shower tray with sealing lips is used, then sealing is improved, but installation time and craftsmanship requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The shower tray is divided into multiple components: a tray body, a separate mounting frame, and adjustable feet. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently and assembled quickly on-site, reducing installation time while maintaining sealing effectiveness through the integrated mounting frame design.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting frame is pre-assembled with the tray body and sealed in the factory before delivery. This preliminary assembly ensures proper sealing configuration is already in place, eliminating the need for complex on-site sealing work and reducing installation time and craftsmanship requirements.
2Ease of operation
If height adjustment is arranged below the shower tray, then accessibility during installation is improved, but the shower tray construction becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The height adjustment mechanism is integrated into the mounting frame as separate adjustable feet, which are distinct from the tray body. This segmentation allows the adjustment function to be accessible and independent while keeping the overall construction simple and modular.
3Weight of moving object
If the shower tray is constructed in two parts, then weight is reduced, but water penetration risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting frame integrates the sealing function by combining the frame structure with sealing elements that create a continuous waterproof barrier between the tray body and the floor. This merging of structural and sealing functions maintains water penetration resistance while allowing the tray to be constructed in lightweight parts.
4Reliability
If conventional floor preparation is required, then sealing can be achieved, but production complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting frame includes integrated sealing elements that automatically adapt to the installation surface, eliminating the need for separate sealing foils or coatings. The design self-adjusts to floor variations, simplifying both production and installation while maintaining reliable sealing.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a shower surface unit for floor-level installation, comprising a shower tray constructed in at least two layers with an upper side and an underside, the upper layer forming the upper side and the lower layer, which forms the underside, consisting of synthetic resin and having an edge reinforcement made of synthetic resin and a Mounting frame, which is arranged on the underside of the shower tray, is connected to the edge reinforcement and is higher than the underside of the shower tray, the lower layer and the edge reinforcement forming one layer. In addition, the invention relates to a manufacturing and assembly method for this.