Shaped block for floors

Abstract

A shaped block for floors, including a main body having a top side, an underside and at least one side surface, wherein at least one spacer element for specifying a joint width is arranged on the at least one side surface, the at least one spacer element comprising a first rib and a second rib which is spaced apart from the first rib, the first rib and the second rib both extending from the underside toward the top side of the shaped block. A draining device can be formed by means of the spacer element and another, identically designed spacer element of an additional shaped block, the draining device including a water discharge channel which is delimited by the second rib, and the spacer element includes an additional discharge element for discharging liquids into the water discharge channel.

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         11 . A shaped block for floors, comprising:
 a main body having a top side, an underside, and at least one side surface;   wherein at least one spacer element for specifying a joint width is arranged on the at least one side surface, the at least one spacer element comprising a first rib and a second rib, the second rib being spaced apart from the first rib;   wherein the first rib and the second rib both extend from the underside toward the top side of the shaped block;   wherein a drainage device is configured to be formed by the at least one spacer element and a second spacer element of an additional shaped block, the second spacer element being substantially identical to the at least one spacer element;   wherein the drainage device comprises a water discharge channel which is delimited by the second rib and a second rib of the additional shaped block, the water discharge channel extending toward the underside of the shaped blocks;   wherein the spacer element comprises an additional discharge element for discharging liquids into the water discharge channel;   wherein the drainage element is arranged on the at least one side surface so as to slope downward from the first rib to the second rib; and   wherein the at least one discharge element extends from a first end region of the first rib to a first end region of the second rib.   
     
     
         12 . The shaped block according to  claim 11 , wherein the at least one discharge element comprises an elevation projecting from the at least one side surface. 
     
     
         13 . The shaped block according to  claim 11 , wherein a maximum extent of the discharge element from the side surface of the shaped block is smaller than a further maximum extent of the at least one spacer element from the side surface. 
     
     
         14 . The shaped block according to  claim 11 , wherein:
 a gap for a further first rib of the additional shaped block is arranged in a first corner region on the at least one side surface; and   a first rib for the gap of the additional shaped block is arranged in a second corner region of the at least one side surface opposite the first corner region.   
     
     
         15 . The shaped block according to  claim 11 , wherein at least one of:
 the first rib comprises in a second end region a larger cross-sectional area than the first end region of the first rib; and   the second rib in a further second end region a further larger cross-sectional area than the first end region of the second rib.   
     
     
         16 . The shaped block according to  claim 11 , wherein edges arranged on the top side of the shaped block are stepped. 
     
     
         17 . A shaped-block floor consisting of a plurality of shaped blocks according to  claim 11 . 
     
     
         18 . The shaped-block floor according to  claim 17 , wherein:
 the shaped blocks are spaced apart from one another by their spacer elements with a predetermined joint width;   the drainage device can be formed by the at least one spacer element of the first shaped block in combination with the at least one identically designed spacer element of the additional shaped block; and   the second rib of the first shaped block and the second rib of the additional shaped block form the water discharge channel and delimit the same.