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    • 专利摘要:
    A floor waste (10) for mounting on a floor having a floor surface and a drain pipe draining water away from the floor surface, the floor waste including: a waste body (12) defining a flow path (14) there through for mounting on a support; and a water inlet element (16) mounted on the waste body (12) extending across the flow path (14) which permits water to enter the flow path while providing support across the flow path, wherein the angle of the water inlet element on the waste body can be adjusted to align with an adjacent region of the floor surface. Figure 2 )N c ew )
    公开号:AU2013204559A1
    申请号:U2013204559
    申请日:2013-04-12
    公开日:2014-06-05
    发明作者:Andrew Hobbs
    申请人:Plastec Australia Pty Ltd；
    IPC主号:E03C1-22
    专利说明:
    A FLOOR WASTE FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates broadly to a floor waste for draining water from a floor area. 5 It also extends to a floor assembly including an installed floor waste and a method of installing a floor waste on a floor assembly. This invention relates particularly, but not exclusively, to a floor waste mounted on a floor of a building where the floor comprises an arrangement of floor tiles 10 mounted on a concrete slab. It will therefore be convenient to hereinafter describe the invention with reference to this example application. However at the same time it must be recognized that the invention is capable of broader application. For example the invention could be used on floor surfaces other than tiled floor surfaces. 15 DEFINITIONS In the specification the term "comprising" shall be understood to have a broad meaning similar to the term "including" and will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated integer or step or group of integers or steps but not the 20 exclusion of any other integer or step or group of integers or steps. This definition also applies to variations on the term "comprising" such as "comprise" and "comprises". In this specification the term "grate" or "grating" shall be interpreted broadly and 25 shall be construed to include any member that extends across a drain opening that permits the passage of water therethrough. It shall be understood to include but not be limited to a planar grate element having openings therein for permitting the passage of water therethrough. It shall also be understood to include a tile 1 grate or tile waste having a central tile member and a water passage extending around the perimeter of the central tile. BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION 5 A floor waste is a pipe fitting that is mounted on a floor to drain waste water away from the floor and into a drain pipe. The floor waste comprises broadly a puddle flange permanently mounted to the surrounding floor and a waste body that is mounted on the puddle flange and displaceable in a vertical direction relative to the puddle flange. A water inlet element such as a grate can then be mounted on 10 the waste body. Often a floor waste is installed in a room such as a bathroom having a tiled floor where an upper tile surface forms a floor surface, i.e. of the finished floor above an underlying concrete slab. The floor waste is installed when the floor is tiled and connects an opening in the floor through which water is drained with the drain pipe draining water away from the floor. The floor waste 15 provides weight or load support across the opening while permitting water to pass into the drain pipe. During installation the waste body is set at a height that horizontally aligns the water inlet element such as a grate with the floor surface formed by the tiles surrounding the waste. This provides a grate that continues the floor surface formed by the tiles and does not project out above the floor 20 surface. A problem can occur if the support surface, typically an upper surface of a concrete slab, on which the tiles are laid is slightly uneven or the surface is not perfectly horizontal. In these situations it can be difficult to align the grate of the 25 floor waste with the floor surface around the grate. This can result in a step between the grate and the adjacent floor surface formed by a tile such as that shown in Fig 1. It will be appreciated that it will be most inconvenient if the grate of the floor waste projects out above the surrounding tiles in this fashion as the finish will not be aesthetically pleasing. Further it is also inconvenient if users are 30 susceptible to stubbing their toes on the raised tile. 2 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to one aspect of this invention there is provided a floor waste for mounting on a floor having a floor surface and a drain pipe draining water away 5 from the floor surface, the floor waste including: a waste body defining a flow path there through for mounting on a support; and a water inlet element mounted on the waste body extending across the flow path which permits water to enter the flow path while providing support across the 10 flow path, wherein the angle of the water inlet element relative the waste body can be adjusted to align with an adjacent region of the floor surface. The water inlet formation may include a mounting formation for mounting the water inlet element to the waste body. 15 The water inlet element may include a water inlet formation that extends across the flow path adjacent to the floor surface, e.g. a substantially planar water inlet formation. In this case the mounting formation (if present) may project away from the water inlet formation. 20 The angle or attitude of the water inlet formation on the waste body may be capable of omni-directional adjustment, i.e. adjustment in all directions. In particular the water inlet formation may be capable of omni-directional swivelling. 25 The mounting formation of the water inlet element may have an engagement surface and the waste body may have a complementary engagement surface which engages the engagement surface on the water inlet element. Said one and complementary engagement formations may be configured so that they can move 3 relative to each other to adjust the angle of the water inlet formation on the waste body, e.g. so that the planar water inlet formation is aligned with the adjacent floor surface. The range of movement of the water inlet formation and the waste body relative to each other may be at least 3 degrees, e.g. 5 to 15 degrees. 5 In particular, parts of the engagement and complementary engagement surfaces may have complementary curved configurations to enable the surfaces to slide over each other, whereby to adjust the angle of the water inlet element. 10 The mounting formation of the water inlet element may be cylindrical and may have an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface of the mounting formation may form the engagement surface. The cylindrical mounting formation may have an operatively upper end and an 15 operatively lower end. The engagement surface may be located towards the operatively lower end thereof. The engagement surface may comprise a convex curved configuration of the outer wall, and the convex curved configuration may extend for at least 5 mm, e.g. at least 10mm, in the axial direction of the water inlet element. 20 The waste body may have a substantially cylindrical configuration having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface may form the complementary engagement surface. 25 In particular the waste body may have an operatively upper end and an operatively lower end and the complementary engagement surface may be located towards its operatively upper end. The complementary engagement surface may comprise a concave curved configuration on the inner surface and 4 the concave curved configuration may extend for at least 5 mm, e.g. at least 10mm, in the axial direction of the waste body. The planar water inlet formation may include a solid central element with a 5 perimeter water opening around the central element (which is often referred to as a tile waste). Instead the planar water inlet formation may include a grate defining a plurality of grate bars with water openings defined therebetween (which is referred to as a regular grate). 10 At least part of the water inlet formation may be releasably mounted on the water inlet element whereby to enable the water inlet formation to be lifted off the water inlet element after the waste assembly has been installed. This enables a person to access a region below the grate element, e.g. to retrieve an object or to carry out maintenance. 15 The height at which the waste body is mounted on the support may be capable of adjustment relative to the support. In particular the height of the waste body on the support may be adjusted to enable the planar water inlet formation to match the height of the surrounding floor surface. 20 The support may be a puddle flange. According to another aspect of this invention there is provided a floor waste assembly for use on a floor having a floor surface and a drain opening for draining 25 water from the floor into a drain pipe, the floor waste assembly comprising: a support for fixedly mounting on the floor around the drain opening; a waste body defining a flow path there through mounted on thesupport; and 5 a water inlet element mounted on the waste body extending across the flow path, wherein the angle of the water inlet element on the waste body can be adjusted to be adjusted to align with an adjacent region of the floor surface. 5 The water inlet element may include a water inlet formation that extends across the flow path adjacent to the floor surface, e.g. a substantially planar water inlet formation, and a mounting formation projecting away from the planar water inlet formation. 10 The mounting formation on the water inlet element may have an engagement surface and the waste body may have a complementary engagement surface which engages the engagement surface on the water inlet element. Said one and complementary engagement formations may be configured so that they can move relative to each other to adjust the angle of the water inlet formation on the waste 15 body. The one and complementary engagement formations may permit a range of movement of the water inlet element and the waste body relative to each other may be at least 3 degrees, e.g. 5 to 15 degrees. The angle or attitude of the water inlet formation on the waste body may be 20 capable of omni-directional adjustment, i.e. adjustment in all directions. In particular the water inlet formation may be capable of swivelling to a limited extent in all directions on the waste body. In particular parts of the engagement and complementary engagement surfaces 25 may have complementary curved configurations to enable the surfaces to slide over each other, whereby to adjust the angle of the water inlet formation. 6 The mounting formation may be cylindrical and may have an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface of the mounting formation may form the engagement surface. 5 Similarly the mounting formation on the water inlet element may be cylindrical and may have an operatively upper end and an operatively lower end, and the engagement surface may be located towards the operatively lower end thereof. The engagement formation may comprises a convex curved configuration of the outer wall, and the convex curved configuration may extend for at least 5 mm, e.g. 10 at least 10mm, in the axial direction of the inlet element. The waste body may have a substantially cylindrical configuration having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface may form the complementary engagement formation. 15 The grate element may be substantially planar and may define a plurality of elongate grate openings therein. At least part of the water inlet formation may be releasably mounted on the water 20 inlet element whereby to enable the water inlet formation to be lifted off the water inlet element after the waste assembly has been installed. This enables a person to access a region below the water inlet element, e.g. to retrieve an object or to carry out maintenance. 25 The water inlet formation may be a grate element that is releasably mounted on the water inlet element. 7 The floor waste assembly may include a waste body mounting arrangement for mounting the waste body on the support. Suitably the support is a puddle flange. The waste body mounting arrangement may enable the height at which the waste 5 body is mounted on the support to be adjusted relative to the support. In particular the height of the waste body on the support may be adjusted to enable the water inlet formation, e.g. the planar water inlet formation, to match the height of the surrounding floor surface and be smoothly aligned with the surrounding floor surface. 10 The waste body mounting arrangement may comprise complementary engagement formations, e.g. screw thread formations, on each of the support and the waste body. 15 In the embodiment in which the support is a puddle flange, the puddle flange may include a substantially cylindrical body section and a flange projecting away from one end of the cylindrical body section. The engagement formation on the waste body may comprise an external screw 20 thread formation on the outer surface of the waste body and the complementary engagement formation on the puddle flange may comprise a complementary screw thread formation formed on the inner surface of the puddle flange, e.g. the substantially cylindrical body section thereof. The mounting arrangement may permit the height of the waste body on the puddle flange to be adjusted to enable 25 the water inlet element to be broadly aligned with the floor surface. 8 The waste body and the water inlet element may include any one or more of the features of the waste body and the water inlet element that are defined in the preceding aspect of the invention. 5 The invention also extends to a floor assembly including a floor having a drain pipe draining water away therefrom and a floor waste assembly as defined in the preceding aspect of the invention. The floor waste assembly may include any one or more of the features of the floor 10 waste assembly defined in the preceding aspect of the invention. The floor may include a layer of floor tiles having an upper tile surface and the upper tile surface may form the floor surface. 15 Finally the invention also extends to a method of installing a floor waste assembly on a floor having a floor surface and a drain opening in the floor surface, the method including: manually adjusting the orientation of a water inlet element on a waste body so that an upper surface of the water inlet element is aligned with an adjacent 20 region of the floor surface. Manually adjusting the orientation of a water inlet element on a waste body may comprise adjusting the angle at which the water inlet element is mounted on the waste body, e.g. in all directions or an omni-directional way. 25 The adjacent region of the floor surface may be a region surrounding the water inlet element. 9 The method may further include adjusting the height of the floor waste assembly so that the water inlet element is at the same height as the floor surface, e.g. and neatly aligns therewith. 5 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A floor waste in accordance with this invention may manifest itself in a variety of forms. It will be convenient to hereinafter describe several example embodiments of the invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The 10 purpose of providing this detailed description is to instruct persons having an interest in the subject matter of the invention how to carry the invention into practical effect. However it is to be clearly understood that the specific nature of this detailed description does not supersede the generality of the preceding broad description. In the drawings: 15 Fig 1 is a sectional side view of a prior art floor waste mounted on a floor having tiles where the grate is not aligned with the surrounding tiles; Fig 2 is a cross-sectional view of part of a floor waste in accordance with one embodiment of this invention for enabling the angle at which the water inlet 20 formation is mounted on the floor waste to be adjusted; Fig 3 is an upper perspective view of two components of the floor waste of Fig 2 showing how they interact with each other; Fig 4 is cross-sectional view of the two components shown in Fig 2 showing how the angle of the water inlet formation can be varied; 25 Fig 5 is an exploded three dimensional view of a floor waste assembly including the part of the floor waste shown in Fig 2; Fig 6 is a cross-sectional view of the floor waste assembly of Fig 5; 10 Fig 7 is a schematic sectional view of a floor installation including the floor waste assembly shown in Fig 6; Fig 8 is another sectional view of another floor installation utilising the floor waste assembly shown in Fig 6; 5 Fig 9 is an exploded perspective view of a floor waste assembly that is a variation on the floor waste assembly in Fig 6; and Fig 10 is an exploded perspective view of a floor waste assembly that is another variation on the floor waste assembly in Fig 6; 10 Fig 1 illustrates a floor waste assembly in accordance with the prior art and this drawing has already been discussed in the background to the invention above. Accordingly it will not be described further in the detailed description of the invention below. 15 Fig 2 illustrates part of a floor waste in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. This part of the floor waste assembly forms a sub-assembly for the overall floor waste and in the drawing reference numeral 10 refers to the illustrated part of the waste. 20 The part 10 of the floor waste includes broadly a waste body 12 defining a flow path 14 there through and a water inlet element 16 mounted on the waste body 12 extending across the flow path 14. The angle of the water inlet element 16 on the waste body 12, indicated by angle A in the drawings, can be adjusted to suit the angle of a surrounding floor surface. 25 The water inlet element 16 includes a substantially planar water inlet formation 20 that extends across the flow path 14 adjacent to the surrounding floor surface and a cylindrical mounting formation 22 projecting transversely away from the planar 11 water inlet formation 20. The mounting formation 22 has an outer surface 24 and an inner surface 26. The water inlet formation 20 has an operatively upper surface forming part of a floor surface and an operatively lower surface. The water inlet formation 20 is designed so that it provides appropriate weight support 5 for a person walking across the water inlet formation 20. The formation 20 also has a water drainage opening through which water can be drained into the floor waste from the surrounding floor. The outer surface 24 of the cylindrical mounting formation 22 of the water inlet 10 element 16 has a convex curved region towards an operatively lower end thereof forming an engagement surface 27 for engaging the waste body 12. The waste body 12 has a substantially cylindrical configuration having an outer surface 28 and an inner surface 30. The inner surface 30 has a concave curved 15 region 32 towards an operatively upper end thereof and forms a complementary engagement surface 32 for engaging the complementary convex engagement surface 27 of the water inlet element as shown in the drawings. The convex and concave engagement surfaces 27 and 32 are configured with a 20 degree of curvature and an extent of curvature that permits the angle 'A' at which the water inlet formation 20 sits or reclines relative to a horizontal axis to be adjusted to account for irregularities in adjacent areas of the floor surface. In particular the angle or attitude the water inlet element 16 is capable of omni directional adjustment or swivelling of the water inlet element on the waste body 25 12 in all directions to cause the water inlet formation 20 to be aligned with the surrounding areas of the floor surface. In the illustrated embodiment the planar water inlet formation includes a central solid and non-apertured central element having a perimeter water inlet. Instead in 12 other embodiments the planar water inlet formation can be in the form of a grate having spaced grate openings defined therein. The waste body 12 includes an external screw thread formation 41 on its outer 5 surface. The screw thread formation enables the height of the waste body 12 to be adjusted relative to a support such as a puddle flange to position it at the same height as the surrounding floor surface. This will be discussed further below with reference to Figure 5. 10 Figs 3 and 4 illustrate how the two components of the part of the floor waste 10 interact with each other to adjust the angle of the water inlet formation 20. The two components are the waste body 12 and the cylindrical mounting formation 22. In use the attitude or angle of the water inlet element 16 can be adjusted as 15 shown in Fig 4. The angle of the water inlet element 16 can be manually adjusted by the plumber who is installing the waste assembly, so that it is aligned with and co-planar with, the surface finish of a floor surface surrounding the waste assembly. 20 Figs 5 and 6 illustrate a floor waste assembly for mounting on a floor having a drain opening leading to a drain pipe in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. In Figs 5 and 6 the reference numeral 40 shall be used to refer generally to an overall floor waste assembly. 25 The floor waste assembly 40 comprises a sub-assembly or part of a floor waste 10 described above with reference to Figs 2 to 4 comprising the waste body 12 and the water inlet element 16. Unless otherwise indicated the same reference 13 numerals will be used to refer to the same components of the waste body 12 and the water inlet element 16. The floor waste assembly 40 also includes a puddle flange 42 which is fixedly 5 mounted to a region of the floor adjacent to thereto. The puddle flange 42 comprises a substantially cylindrical body section 44 that is received within an upper end of the drain pipe and a flange 46 extending over a floor surface surrounding the drain pipe and extending into the drain pipe. In Fig 6 the drain pipe is shown in dotted lines. An actual floor installation is described below with 10 reference to Figs 7 and 8. As described above the waste body 12 includes an external screw thread formation 38 on its outer surface. The internal surface 45 of the cylindrical pipe section 44 of the puddle flange 42 has a complementary screw thread formation 15 for engaging the external screw thread 41 on the waste body 12. The complementary screw threads enable the height of the waste body 12 to be adjusted relative to the puddle flange 42 which is set into the floor and is fixed. This enables the height of the water inlet formation 20 to be horizontally aligned with the floor surface surrounding the drain opening. 20 In use, as shown in Fig 7, the floor waste assembly 40 is mounted on a floor 70 having a drain opening 72 leading to a drain pipe 74. The floor 70 has an underlying floor support 76 which is typically a concrete slab and a tile arrangement 78 with tile adhesive or tile grout 79 around and underneath the tiles. 25 The tile arrangement 78 forms the finished floor surface 80 for the floor. The water inlet element 16 is mounted on the waste body 12 in the manner shown in Fig 2 to form the floor waste subassembly that is illustrated by numeral 10. The puddle flange 42 is set in the floor 70 and is fixedly mounted over the drain 14 opening 72 with its flange 46 extending over the floor support 76 around the drain opening 72 with the cylindrical body section 44 extending down through the drain opening 72 and into the drain pipe 74. 5 This subassembly 10 is mounted on the puddle flange 42 by engagement of the screw thread formations 41 on the outer surface 28 of the waste body 12 and the inner surface 45 of the cylindrical body section 44 respectively. The waste body 12 is screwed onto the puddle flange 42 until the planar water inlet formation 20 is horizontally aligned with the surrounding floor surface 80 formed by the upper 10 surfaces of the tile arrangement 78 laid on the floor surface 80. The angle or attitude of the water inlet element 16 on the waste body 12 is manually adjusted by the plumber installing the assembly 10 until the planar water inlet formation 20 is closely aligned with the surrounding floor surface 80. The waste body 12 and water inlet element 16 is then ready to be set in position by grouting in the space 15 between the adjacent tiles and the water inlet element 16. The grouting packs in the water inlet element 16 and holds it in position without any further fixing being required. As described above a part of the water inlet formation 20 can be lifted off the inlet element 16 to provide access into the flow path 14 for maintenance purposes. 20 In Fig 7 which illustrates one example application of a floor waste assembly 40 in accordance with the invention, the concrete floor 70 on which the tile arrangement 78 is mounted is uneven and is not horizontal. As a result the tiles surrounding the drain opening are not strictly horizontal. However the floor waste assembly 40 25 that is installed enables the angle at which the water inlet element 16 is mounted on the waste body 12 to be adjusted. The result is that the water inlet element 16 extends smoothly across the drain opening and onto the surrounding tiles without any step formations. 15 In Fig 8 which illustrates another example application of a floor waste assembly 40 in accordance with the invention, the drain pipe 74 received within the floor is not vertically extending. As a result some adjustment of the water inlet element 16 of the floor waste assembly 40 mounted on an upper end of the pipe 74 is required 5 for it to be aligned with the surrounding floor surface 80. This can be achieved by adjusting the angle at which the water inlet element 16 is mounted on the waste body 12 to align the planar water inlet formation 20 with the surrounding floor surface 80 as shown in the drawings. 10 Fig 9 illustrates a floor waste assembly that is a variation on the floor waste assembly 40 shown in Figs 6 to 8. The main difference between this embodiment and the previous one resides in the water inlet formation thereon and the following description will focus on this feature of difference. 15 In Fig 9 the water inlet formation 20 is in the form of an apertured grate plate 50 that is removably mounted on a circular grate surround 52. The mounting formation 22 in turn projects transversely away from the circular grate 52 surround of the water inlet formation 20. The grate plate 50 has a plurality of parallel extending elongate bars that are spaced apart from each other with openings 20 defined there between through which water can pass. The circular grate 52 surround is abutted by the adjacent floor tiles when installed and thus the waste assembly forms a circular shape on the floor and the tile edges abut against the circumference of the circle. 25 Fig 10 illustrates a floor waste that is a variation on the floor waste assembly shown in Figures 6 to 8. The main difference between this embodiment and the previous one resides in the water inlet formation thereon and the following description will focus on this feature of difference. 16 In Fig 10 the water inlet formation 16 is in the form of an apertured grate plate 50 removably mounted on a rectangular grate surround 51. The mounting formation 22 in turn projects transversely away from the rectangular grate surround 51 of the water inlet formation. The rectangular grate surround 51 is abutted by the 5 adjacent floor tiles when installed and thus the waste assembly 40 forms a rectangular shape on the floor as shown in the drawings. An advantage of the floor waste assembly described above with reference to the drawings is that the angle at which the water inlet formation is mounted on the 10 water inlet support can be manually adjusted by rocking or swivelling the water inlet formation so that it neatly lines up with the surrounding tiles. For example it can accommodate unevenness in the surrounding floor and consequent the surrounding tiles may not be laid horizontally and an edge of the tile might stick up. 15 Another advantage of the floor waste assembly described above with reference to the drawings is that the angle at which the water inlet formation is mounted on the water inlet support can be manually adjusted by rocking or swivelling the water inlet formation to accommodate a drain pipe that is not perfectly vertically 20 extending and get the water inlet formation to line up with the surrounding tiles. A further advantage is that both the height and angle of the water inlet element can be varied with respect to the water inlet support to allow optimum versatility in obtaining a smooth, even surface across a floor surface. This is highly desirable 25 from an aesthetic and practical aspect. Uneven edges are unsightly, can collect dirt, provide a space for water retention that can harbor mould and/or bacteria growth. Further uneven edges may provide a safety hazard, especially in shower recesses. 17 It will of course be realized that the above has been given only by way of illustrative example of the invention and that all such modifications and variations thereto, as would be apparent to persons skilled in the art, are deemed to fall within the broad scope and ambit of the invention as is herein set forth. 5 18
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    [1] 1. A floor waste for mounting on a floor having a floor surface and a drain pipe draining water away from the floor surface, the floor waste including: 5 a waste body defining a flow path there through for mounting on a support; and a water inlet element mounted on the waste body extending across the flow path which permits water to enter the flow path while providing support across the flow path, wherein the angle of the water inlet element 10 on the waste body can be adjusted to align with an adjacent region of the floor surface.
    [2] 2. A floor waste according to claim 1, wherein the water inlet element includes a substantially planar water inlet formation that extends across the flow 15 path adjacent to the floor surface.
    [3] 3. A floor waste according to claim 2, wherein the water inlet element includes a mounting formation for mounting the water inlet element to the waste body. 20
    [4] 4. A floor waste according to claim 3, wherein the mounting formation has an engagement surface and the waste body has a complimentary engagement surface such that they can move relative to each other. 25
    [5] 5. A floor waste according to claim 4, wherein parts of the engagement surface and the complimentary engagement surface have complimentary curved configurations. 19
    [6] 6. A floor waste according to claim 5, wherein the part of the engagement surface comprises a convex curved configuration and the complimentary engagement surface comprises a concave curved configuration. 5
    [7] 7. A floor waste according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the waste body has a substantially cylindrical configuration having an inner surface and an outer surface and the inner surface forms the complementary engagement formation. 10
    [8] 8. A floor wast according to any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein the waste body comprises an operatively upper end and an operatively lower end and the complimentary engagement surface is located at the upper end. 15
    [9] 9. A floor waste according to claim 8, wherein the operatively lower end of the waste body comprises a waste body mounting arrangement for mounting the waste assembly to a support.
    [10] 10. The floor waste of claim 9, wherein the waste body mounting arrangement 20 enables the height at which the waste body is mounted on the support to be adjusted relative to the support.
    [11] 11. The floor waste of claim 9 or claim 10, wherein the waste body mounting arrangement comprises a screw thread formation. 25 20
    [12] 12. A floor waste according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the angle or attitude of the water inlet formation on the waste body can swivel omni directionally on the waste body. 5
    [13] 13. A floor waste substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any one of Figures 2 to 8.
    [14] 14. A floor waste assembly for use on a floor having a floor surface and a drain opening for draining water from the floor into a drain pipe, the floor waste 10 assembly comprising: a support for fixedly mounting on the floor around the drain opening; a waste body according to any one of claims 1 to 12 mounted on the support.
    [15] 15 15. A floor waste assembly according to claim 14, wherein the support is a puddle flange.
    [16] 16. A floor assembly including a floor waste assembly including a floor having a drain pipe draining water away therefrom and a floor waste assembly as 20 according to claim 14 or claim 15.
    [17] 17. A method of installing a floor waste assembly on a floor having a floor surface and a drain opening in the floor surface, the method including: providing a floor waste assembly of claim 14 or claim 15, fixing the floor 25 waste assembly in the drain opening and manually adjusting the orientation of the water inlet element on the waste body so that an upper surface of the water inlet element is aligned with an adjacent region of the floor surface. 21
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