Drainage channel, channel body and combination of such channel bodies

Abstract

A drainage channel for embedding in a surface is disclosed. In order to ensure reliable run-off of the water even in the region remote from the outlet, the inclination of the conduit base relative to the top edge is increased in this region compared with the region close to the outlet. The channel is preferably composed of a plurality of channel bodies. In order to permit simple installation of the channel, the outer base of each channel body preferably runs parallel to its top edge.

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       12 . A drainage channel, comprising: 
 a conduit at least partly open at the top for receiving liquid and having a conduit base;    an end near an outlet;    an end remote from the outlet; and    a top edge, wherein the conduit base is inclined in the longitudinal direction relative to the top edge to a greater degree in a region adjoining the end remote from the outlet than in other regions of the drainage channel.    
   
   
       13 . The drainage channel as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the inclination of the conduit base relative to the top edge decreases monotonically from the end remote from the outlet to the end on the outlet side.  
   
   
       14 . The drainage channel as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the channel has an outer base for putting onto a foundation, and wherein the outer base runs substantially parallel to the top edge of the drainage channel.  
   
   
       15 . The drainage channel as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein, in a region adjoining the end remote from the outlet, the channel has a cross section which tapers substantially in a V-shape toward the bottom, and wherein, in a region adjoining the end near the outlet, the channel has a cross section which is substantially U-shaped.  
   
   
       16 . The drainage channel as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the channel comprises a plurality of channel bodies connected to one another, each channel body having a top edge and a conduit section open at the top and having a conduit base.  
   
   
       17 . The drainage channel as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein, at its end remote from the outlet, the channel comprises a channel body whose conduit base is inclined in the longitudinal direction relative to the top edge at least partly to a greater degree than the conduit base in every other channel body.  
   
   
       18 . The drainage channel as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein, in a region adjoining the end near the outlet, the channel comprises channel bodies in which the conduit base runs in the longitudinal direction parallel to the top edge.  
   
   
       19 . A channel body for a drainage channel as claimed in  claim 16 , the channel body having a top edge, an outer base for resting on a foundation and a conduit section running in the longitudinal direction, open at the top and having a conduit base, wherein the conduit base, in a section which adjoins an end of the channel body at which the conduit base is at its highest, is inclined in the longitudinal direction to a greater degree relative to the top edge than in a section adjoining the opposite end of the channel body.  
   
   
       20 . A channel body for a drainage channel, comprising: 
 a top edge;    an outer base for resting on a foundation; and    a conduit section running in the longitudinal direction, open at the top and having a conduit base, wherein the conduit base is inclined in the longitudinal direction relative to the outer base, and wherein the outer base runs in the longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the top edge.    
   
   
       21 . A combination of channel bodies as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the top edge of each channel body runs in the longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the outer base, and wherein all the channel bodies have substantially the same overall height between said outer base and said top edge.  
   
   
       22 . A combination of channel bodies as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the top edge of each channel body runs in the longitudinal direction essentially parallel to the outer base, and wherein the combination comprises at least one pedestal configured for attachment under at least one of the channel bodies in order to increase its overall height, and wherein the pedestal has a height dimension such that the overall height of at least one of the channel bodies is essentially equal to the overall height of another of the channel bodies together with the pedestal attached underneath.  
   
   
       23 . The channel body of  claim 20 , wherein the channel body is used as a drainage channel.