Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
  • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
  • E04H4/06—Safety devices; Coverings for baths
  • E04H4/08—Coverings consisting of rigid elements, e.g. coverings composed of separate or connected elements
  • E04H4/086—Sliding covers

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of swimming pool shelters and in particular adaptations for their maintenance and guidance to the ground in the best conditions.
• a swimming pool shelter is a device consisting of a plurality of juxtaposed roof modules and classically supported on the edges of the pool above which they are arranged. Some swimming pool shelters offer mobile modules to retract or deploy the shelter partially or totally.
• modules are thus equipped with rolling means, guide means and fastening means for holding them in position.
• a means for motorized movement can also be associated with these devices.
• the fastening means consist of fastening tabs that are retractably bonded to a first end at the edges of the roof modules and at a second end on the ground.
• the fixing to the ground is conventionally carried out by a threaded rod type holding means.
• the rolling means consist of sets of rollers supporting the roof modules in their translational movements when the brackets are removed.
• the guide means are constituted by the configuration of the shelter which is telescopic and implements bearing means secured to the modules movable and interposed between the modules (a roof module guiding or being guided by the adjacent module or modules) on the one hand and by the presence of casters fixed to the edges of the pool on the other hand and complementary to the movable casters to guarantee a rectilinear movement to the translation of the roof modules.
• These guide rollers operate in pairs whose spacing of the guide surfaces is slightly greater than the spacing of the surfaces of the roof modules which they guide the translation to have a functional clearance necessary for this movement.
• This configuration prevents a bracket is integrated or attached to the border or the ground without the possibility of retraction.
• the disadvantage lies in the fact that the user of the pool is obliged to unscrew the holding means of the fastening tabs, to separate the fastening tabs of the borders and to remove the fastening tabs as well as their a means of support before the roof modules can be moved in order to access the pool of the pool. Since a roof module can be fixed by means of four fixing lugs, the duration of such an operation is likely to discourage the user in the use of his pool for a short-term punctual opening of the shelter. .
• the guiding rollers fixed to the flange are not intended to be removed and their number is consequently limited.
• this device for fixing and guiding the roof modules is of the type consisting of a frame combining beams and sleepers supporting a roof, the extreme cross-members forming curbs and coming to rest on the edges of the pool , said modules being movable in horizontal translation above a pool to allow coverage or opening of said pool.
• This device is remarkable in that it consists of a guiding and retaining member having at least two functional surfaces and being removably attached to the edge of the pool, - a first surface is positioned and oriented to guide without hindering the edge of the modules when the latter comes into contact in its movement in horizontal translation, the second surface is positioned and oriented to cooperate with a projecting form integral with the edge and coming under the guide member to retain the module during its eventual vertical lifting but without interfering with its movement in horizontal translation.
• the device is constituted by a wheel of substantially vertical axis
• the lower cheek cooperates with a protruding projection form the edge to act as a stop and hold the module during its eventual upright lift.
• the partial retraction of the shelter can be carried out without removing the retaining modules since the latter do not prevent the horizontal translation but simply the vertical translation thus avoiding undesired uplift.
• this guiding and retaining means allow on the one hand the horizontal translational movement corresponding to the opening or closing movement of the shelter and on the other hand prevent the vertical translation movement likely to be caused by wind or unauthorized opening movement.
• This combination of holding in position along the vertical axis by means of the horizontal cheek or rim and guidance along the horizontal axis by means of the substantially vertical running surface of the wheel is particularly innovative for a means of fixing swimming pool cover.
• the means for holding the device in position on the ground may allow its rapid removal, but this removal operation is no longer necessary for opening by translation of the shelter thus providing a solution to the disadvantages of the art previous while giving the opportunity to preserve the aesthetic whole.
• the modules returning to the closed position are guided in their translation and come at the end of the race put in position their projecting shape under the prepositioned wheel.
• the invention also relates to the pool shelter which, cooperating with the device described above, consists of roof modules of the type of those consisting of a frame combining beams and sleepers supporting a blanket, the extreme cross-members forming curbs and coming to rest on the edges of the pool, said modules being movable in horizontal translation over a swimming pool in order to allow the cover or the opening of said swimming pool and remarkable in that each edge is equipped with at least one projecting shape which cooperates with the lower cheek of the wheels passing underneath serves when the projection is positioned under the wheel, abutment and retains the module during its eventual upright lift.
• each roof module of the shelter is equipped with a projection on each of its borders to cooperate with a pair of devices in the deployed position.
• the shelter is equipped with motorized moving means whose stationary configuration prevents the translational movement of the roof modules.
• the degree of freedom in translation left by the device is managed by an auxiliary means which only allows it when the motor of the moving means is activated.
• FIG. 1a is a perspective view of a pool enclosure in a closed position, disposed over a - -
• FIG. 1b is a perspective view of the pool enclosure in the open position.
• FIG. 1c is a plan view of the pool enclosure in the closed position.
• FIG. 2 is a plan view of a part of a roof element cooperating with the device of the invention
• FIG. 3 is a plan view of a portion of a roof element released from the device of the invention
• FIG. 4 is a transverse view of an embodiment of the device of the invention.
• FIG. 5 is a side view of another embodiment of a roof element equipped with another embodiment of the device of the invention.
• FIG. 6 is a side view of an embodiment of the device of the invention cooperating with a rim of the roof element of FIG. 5;
• FIG. 7 is a side view of an embodiment of FIG. a device of the invention cooperating with the other rim of the roof element of FIG. 5.
• the fastening and guiding device referenced D equips elements or roof modules M forming a swimming pool shelter P of the type consisting of a chassis 100 associating beams 110 and cross members 120 supporting a cover, the end rails 121 and 122 forming curbs and resting on the edges of the pool P.
• These modules M are movable in horizontal translation along the double arrow Fl above the pool P to cover it (fig la) or to discover it (fig Ib).
• the total device is constituted by a plurality of pairs of guiding and retaining members cooperating with the edge of each edge and arranged at regular intervals on the path of movement of the shelter.
• Each roof module M is equipped with a single pair of devices D each cooperating with its borders.
• the device D is constituted by a wheel 200 of substantially vertical axis having a substantially vertical rolling surface 210 and upper and lower cheeks 220 substantially horizontal,
• the projecting form 400 is constituted by a retaining tab, one end of which
• the retaining tab is an insert which is fixed on the same axis as the support wheel of the module.
• this retaining tab may be preformed in the edge profile 121 of the roof module M.
• the shelter A is equipped with a motorized moving means. - -
• said border 121 comprises a profile 600 preformed with a horizontal U-shaped recess 610 opening outwards to accommodate a rack (not shown), the end 611 of one of the branches. the U coming into contact with said running surface 210 when the latter comes into contact during movement in horizontal translation.
• the removable shaft 300 is constituted by a quick attachment device to serve as a vertical shaft of rotation to the wheel 200.
• the device D allows the movement of the module M without be removed, rapid removal remains feasible by removal of the shaft 300.
• the vertical retention function of the device D is only active when the retaining tab is positioned under the flange of one of the wheels 200 while the guiding function is active. all along the contact between the edge of the module M and the device D.
• Figures 5 to 7 illustrate an embodiment of a pool enclosure and therefore a roof module M 'having a flat upper surface and inclined. This inclination is implemented by a difference in height between the two edges of the roof module.
• the running surfaces must therefore be positioned at the level of the borders.
• the device D ' is advantageously equipped with a wheel 200' of substantially vertical axis, mounted on a rotational shaft 300 'removable attached to the edge of the pool P and a column 700 supporting the hub of the wheel 200', the column 700 and the length of the rotation shaft 300 'being variable depending on the height of the edges of the module M whose device D 'must provide horizontal guidance and vertical restraint.
• This substantially cylindrical column 700 is formed of a hollow core accommodating said shaft 300 ', an upper end serving to support the hub of the wheel 200' and a lower flaring end serving as a fulcrum on the edge of the basin.

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