Low-profile basin installed with a built-in drain

Abstract

A low-profile shower basin ( 2 ) is installed with a built-in drain. The low-profile drain built into the basin allows the height ( 6 ) of the basin to be reduced as much as possible, approximately to between 5 and 10 cm depending on the material of construction.

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         8 . Shower pan device ( 2 ) that is to be installed, with an extra-flat structure and with an integrated drain, comprising a drain and water guard part ( 14 ) that is molded integrally into the body of the pan and with the same material, a device that is characterized in that the drain and water guard part ( 14 ) consists of a form of imprint, molded with or formed in the pan ( 2 ). 
     
     
         9 . Shower pan device according to  claim 8 , wherein the drain and water guard part ( 14 ) includes a recess or a depth defining a space ( 8 ) for the formation of a water guard, two spaced barriers ( 9 ) that are located in the space ( 8 ) and two slopes ( 7 ) that are inclined in the direction of the space ( 8 ). 
     
     
         10 . Shower pan device according to  claim 9 , wherein the two spaced barriers ( 9 ) form, on the one hand, with a cooperating piece ( 10 ), a siphon, and, on the other hand, with each of the shoulders or heights ( 15 ) marking the end of the slopes ( 7 ), a water guard in the space ( 8 ). 
     
     
         11 . Shower pan device according to  claim 10 , wherein the piece ( 10 ) that covers the barriers ( 9 ) with a space for passage for forming the siphon includes a cover ( 13 ) that gives access to the siphon. 
     
     
         12 . Shower pan device according to  claim 9 , wherein the drain and water guard part ( 14 ) is entirely covered by a grid ( 12 ). 
     
     
         13 . Shower pan device according to  claim 8 , wherein it has a drainage slope ( 16 ) that is inclined toward the drain and water guard part ( 14 ). 
     
     
         14 . Shower pan device according to  claim 8 , wherein the drain pipe ( 1 ) extends under the drainage slope ( 16 ) and empties into the part of the space ( 8 ) between the two barriers ( 9 ). 
     
     
         15 . Shower pan device according to  claim 8 , wherein the drain and water guard part ( 14 ) is located along a lateral side of the pan ( 2 ). 
     
     
         16 . Shower pan device according to  claim 8 , wherein it is produced by molding integrally with the part ( 14 ) in a material that is selected from the group that is molded by a ceramic, a plastic, and a metal. 
     
     
         17 . Shower pan device according to  claim 8 , wherein it consists of a plastic pan that is manufactured by heat-forming. 
     
     
         18 . Shower pan device according to  claim 11 , wherein the space ( 8 ), the barriers ( 9 ), and the shoulders ( 15 ) are sized and/or arranged such that the volume of the water guard in the open air is less than one liter. 
     
     
         19 . Shower pan device according to  claim 10 , wherein the drain and water guard part ( 14 ) is entirely covered by a grid ( 12 ).