Drainage disk for protecting weep channels of masonry floor drain construction

• US 5,022,430 A
• Filed: 01/09/1990
• Issued: 06/11/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Noble Acquisition, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lonnie C. Degooyer
• Inventors: Degooyer, Lonnie C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chambers, A. Michael
• Application Number:
  US07/462,574
• Time in Patent Office: 518 Days
• Field of Search: 137/362, 4/191, 4/613, 4/612, 285/158
• US Class Current: 137/362
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 2005/0413 for height adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 5/0407 Floor drains for indoor use
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 5/0409 Devices for preventing seepage around the floor drain
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/6988 Floor installation

Abstract

A drainage disk is disclosed for placement around a drain opening in a floor of the type comprising a mortar layer, and a novel drain construction is provided wherein the drainage disk is positioned between the floor pan and the mortar which is laid over the floor pan. The drainage disk comprises a disk-shaped piece of relatively thin sheet material having a central opening therein. A plurality of elongate valleys are formed in the disk, with the valleys extending radially outwardly from the central opening in the disk piece. In the drain construction, the disk overlies the flange portion of the drain receptor to prevent the weep channels in the drain receptor from becoming clogged or blocked with extraneous matter. The valleys in the disk provide drainage from the pan to the weep channels in the drain receptor.

Claims

1. A drainage disk for placement around a drain opening in a floor of the type comprising a mortar layer, wherein the drainage disk is positioned between the floor pan and the mortar which is laid over the floor pan, said drainage disk comprising

a disk-shaped piece of relatively thin sheet material;

a central opening in the disk-shaped piece;

a plurality of elongate valleys depressed in said disk-shaped piece, said valleys having inner and outer ends, with the valleys extending radially outwardly from the central opening in said disk-shaped piece; and

a plurality of sharp pointed projections extend inwardly a uniform distance toward the center of said opening from the inner ends of said valleys to form a serrated periphery for the central opening in said disk-shaped piece.

2. A drainage disk in accordance with claim 1, wherein the floor is of the type having a tile layer laid over the mortar layer.

3. A drainage disk in accordance with claim 1, wherein the inner ends of said valleys are closely spaced so as to create continuous valleys and peaks about the periphery of the central opening in said disk-shaped piece.

4. Drain construction for a floor of the type comprising a mortar layer, said drain construction comprising

a subfloor on which the floor is to be laid;

an opening in said subfloor;

a drain receptor at the opening in the subfloor, said drain receptor having an opening in alignment with the opening in the subfloor and a flange extending over a portion of said subfloor at the periphery of the opening in the subfloor, said drain receptor further having weep channels in said flange which communicate with the opening in said drain receptor;

a pan covering the subfloor and having an opening in alignment with the opening in the drain receptor;

a drainage disk made of relatively thin sheet material and having a central opening therein, said disk being positioned such that the central opening therein is in alignment with the opening in the drain receptor, with said disk covering the weep channels in the flange of said drain receptor;

said drainage disk further having a plurality of elongate valleys depressed therein, said valleys having inner and outer ends, with the valleys extending radially outwardly from the opening in said disk; and

mortar laid over the disk and the pan.

5. A drainage disk in accordance with claim 4, wherein tile is laid over the mortar.

6. A drain construction in accordance with claim 4, wherein the inner ends of said valleys are closely spaced so as to create continuous valleys and peaks about the periphery of the central opening in said disk.

7. A drain construction in accordance with claim 4, wherein a plurality of sharp pointed projections extend inwardly a uniform distance toward the center of said opening from the inner ends of said valleys to form a serrated periphery for the central opening in said disk.