Plastic floor drain

• US 9,834,920 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2015
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jay R. Smith Manufacturing, Smith Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Jay R Smith Manufacturing Company (Jay R. Smith Manufacturing)
• Inventors: Priester, Donald Elwyn
• Primary Examiner(s): Upton, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US14/757,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20170138036A1
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 210163, 210164, 210165, 523021, 4286, 4290, 4291, 4292, 4613, 4679
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/26 Object-catching inserts or similar devices for waste pipes or outlets E03C1/28 takes precedence
• 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: E03F 5/041 Accessories therefor

Abstract

Embodiments include plastic floor drains or sinks. Embodiments also include plastic floor drain which comprises an approximately square receptor having an open top with a notch and a rim at the open top, an outlet at the bottom, and four sides. Each side has a shoulder located along the width of each side at approximately ⅓ the distance from the top to the bottom of the body. Embodiments also include a plastic floor drain which comprises an approximately square receptor having an open top with a notch and a rim at the open top, an outlet at the bottom, and four sides. Each side has a shoulder having a bottom side and located along the width of each side at approximately ⅓ the distance from the top to the bottom of the receptor. There are a multiplicity of seepage holes in the receptor arrayed along the top sides of the shoulders. A four-sided anchor flange is adhesively connected to the shoulder. A flashing clamp is attached by connectors to each side of the flashing clamp, each flashing clamp being capable of retaining a membrane between the anchor flange side and the flashing clamp.

Claims

1. A plastic floor drain comprising:

an approximately square receptor having an open top with a notch and a rim at the open top, an outlet at the bottom, and four sides,

each side having a shoulder with a bottom side and located along the width of each side at approximately ⅓

the distance from the top to the bottom of the body,

a multiplicity of seepage holes in the receptor arrayed along the top of the shoulders,

a four-sided anchor flange adhesively connected to the shoulder, and

a flashing clamp attached by connectors to each side of the anchor flange,

each flashing clamp capable of retaining a membrane between the anchor flange side and the flashing clamp.

2. The plastic floor drain of claim 1 further comprising:

a membrane retained between the flashing clamps and the anchor flange, the membrane being selected from the group of membranes consisting of plastic membranes, rubber membranes, lead membranes, and tar paper membranes.

3. The plastic floor drain of claim 1 further comprising:

a grate located at the top of the receptor, the grate sitting on and being retained by attachment to the open top rim or the grate fitting into the open top and being retained by the notch.

4. The plastic floor drain of claim 1 further comprising:

a strainer located in the body above the outlet, the strainer being one of a dome bottom strainer or a sediment tray strainer.

5. The plastic floor drain of claim 1 wherein the connectors are bolts.

6. The plastic floor drain of claim 1 wherein the outlet is a hub outlet or a slip outlet.

7. The plastic floor drain of claim 1 wherein the rim is coated with nickel bronze.

8. The plastic floor drain of claim 1 wherein the receptor is manufactured of a plastic chosen from the group of plastics consisting of polyvinyl chloride and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.

9. The plastic floor drain of claim 1 wherein the adhesive is selected from the group of adhesives consisting of a polyvinyl chloride solvent and a acrylonitrile butadiene styrene solvent.

10. A floor drain assembly comprising:

a receptor having a side wall, a top and a bottom, the top being open and including peripheral rim, the bottom being closed and including an outlet defined therein;

a grate located at the top of the receptor;

a shoulder extending around the receptor on the side wall;

an anchor flange configured to be attached to the shoulder and extend outward therefrom; and

a flashing clamp configured to be secured to the anchor flange and to retain a membrane between the flashing clamp and the anchor flange.

11. The floor drain assembly of claim 10, wherein the flashing clamp is secured to the anchor flange by mechanical fasteners.

12. The floor drain assembly of claim 10, wherein the outlet defines an axis extending through the receptor and the shoulder includes an axially facing bottom surface, the anchor flange being configured to attach to the bottom surface of the shoulder and extend radially outward of the shoulder.

13. The floor drain assembly of claim 12, wherein the anchor flange is configured to be attached to the shoulder by an adhesive.

14. The floor drain assembly of claim 13, wherein the receptor is formed of a plastic material, the plastic material being one of polyvinyl chloride or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, and wherein the adhesive is one of a polyvinyl chloride solvent and a acrylonitrile butadiene styrene solvent.

15. The floor drain assembly of claim 10, further comprising a plurality of seepage holes formed in the sidewall of the receptor, the seepage holes being located between the shoulder and the top of the receptors.

16. The floor drain assembly of claim 10, wherein the seepage holes are adjacent to the shoulder.

17. The floor drain assembly of claim 10, wherein the anchor flange is a one-piece component.

18. The floor drain assembly of claim 10, wherein the flashing clamp is a multi-piece component.

19. The floor drain assembly of claim 10, wherein the receptor is multi-sided, and wherein the anchor flange is a one-piece component having multiple sides.

20. The floor drain assembly of claim 19, wherein the flashing clamp is a multi-piece component.