EP0465430B1 - Schwimmbadabdeckung - Google Patents

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EP0465430B1
EP0465430B1 EP91810538A EP91810538A EP0465430B1 EP 0465430 B1 EP0465430 B1 EP 0465430B1 EP 91810538 A EP91810538 A EP 91810538A EP 91810538 A EP91810538 A EP 91810538A EP 0465430 B1 EP0465430 B1 EP 0465430B1
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swimming pool
cover
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Josef Furrer
Werner Röösli
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BIERI BLACHEN AG
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    • 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
    • E04H4/10—Coverings of flexible material
    • E04H4/101—Coverings of flexible material wound-up on a fixed axis

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  • the present invention relates to a swimming pool cover, in particular for outdoor swimming pools.
  • Such covers consist of a textile-reinforced plastic film and can be rolled up onto a tube which can be rolled up and down over the longitudinal edges of the pool by its ends resting on the longitudinal edges of the swimming pool.
  • this pipe along with the plastic film rolled up on it, lies on the edge at one longitudinal end of the swimming pool.
  • the pipe with its two end areas must be rolled over the edge of the swimming pool, the plastic film being rolled over the swimming pool and remaining there.
  • the film is reinforced with cross struts so that it does not sag where it extends freely over the water. These cross struts can be arranged on the top or bottom of the cover.
  • an electric motor is advantageously used.
  • This electric motor can be arranged in the pipe to be rolled in the manner of a blind motor or is mounted at the end of a removable operator rod and can be flanged to the end of the pipe with its output shaft.
  • the motor rotates in either direction and the pipe is rotated accordingly and rolls on the floor.
  • the plastic film is rolled up or even unrolled.
  • the aim is to keep the diameters of the cross struts as small as possible so that they do not overly apply to the roll.
  • the cross struts also apply as little as possible to the pool edge.
  • it also contributes to the aesthetic appearance of the cover when it lies as flat as possible on the edge of the pool.
  • the cover rolled out over the swimming pool must be secured so that it remains well seated even in strong winds. As soon as it is not lashed down tightly, it can cause annoying fluttering noises under the influence of wind or even be blown away in storm winds. In addition, it must be ensured that a person stepping on the cover due to carelessness is carried safely by it.
  • the strap end is fastened in the loop, which carries a buckle with a riddle on the other side.
  • the part of the straps attached to the rollable tube is passed through the corresponding ratchet buckle and then tightened.
  • the clamping force then acts on the rollable tube and finally over the entire width of the cover.
  • the cover is secured on the transverse sides in that there is usually a reinforced hole between the cross struts in the edge area, through which a gag can be inserted, to which a rubber strip is attached.
  • the rubber strip is then stretched around the head of a retractable flat-head pin which is used in the pool edge area. If a pool is now 7 meters long, for example, a total of over a dozen such rubber straps must be stretched.
  • a swimming pool cover which includes tensionable straps which extend both in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction of the cover.
  • These belts can be tensioned by loading a compression spring housed in a pipe section near the ground.
  • the belts do not lie snugly on the floor, but are always lifted off the floor by the radius of the pipe section.
  • they form dangerous stumbling blocks on the floor when walking along the edge of the swimming pool. Stumbling when walking barefoot can also cause injury.
  • a large variety of such straps are provided around the pool cover. The need to unhook and unhook the straps each time the pool cover is uncovered or covered is complex and not very user-friendly.
  • a swimming pool cover made of a textile-reinforced plastic film and this film above the open area of the swimming pool, on the edge of the swimming pool, and on the ends of the broad sides of the plastic film, tubes inserted into the piping seams there, whereby
  • the swimming pool cover is characterized in that, for securing its longitudinal edges, it only includes two tensioning straps acting in the longitudinal direction of the cover, which can each be fastened to the ends of the edge regions of the longitudinal edges of the cover by means of hooks, the tensioning straps at least at one end of the longitudinal edges of the cover Include the tensioning buckle, which has a tensioning bracket acting as a lever, which can be snapped onto the tensioning buckle in the tensioned position, in such a way that the two longitudinal edges of the cover can be tensioned in the immediate vicinity of the ground and thus lie snugly against the edge of the swimming pool.
  • this swimming pool cover according to the invention is that the effort for lashing and lashing is considerably reduced.
  • the tensioning force acts directly near the ground, which has not been the case until now when the tensioning straps enclose the transverse tubes at the ends.
  • the tension applied in the center of the cross tubes and therefore not immediately near the ground.
  • the longitudinal edges of the film could not lie snugly on the edge of the swimming pool.
  • FIG. 1 shows the swimming pool cover 1 according to the invention in the closed state in a perspective top view. It consists of a textile-reinforced plastic film 2 with cross struts 3 and, at the ends of its broad sides, pipes 5, 6 inserted into the piping seams 4 there.
  • the pool edge 7 is indicated with dashed lines.
  • the cross struts 3 are arranged below the swimming pool cover 1, so that they carry the plastic film 2. By their special design, described later, the cross struts 3 are largely below the upper edge of the edges 7 of the swimming pool, whereby the cover 1 is particularly flat and approximately flush with the pool edge 7 in the closed state on this.
  • the cover 1 is a little wider than the length of the cross struts 3, so that the areas 8 along the longitudinal edges 9 can lie snugly on the edge 10 of the swimming pool. These edge areas 8 are reinforced by turning them over and welding the envelopes. On the end sides of the cover 11, 18, the welt seams 4 for receiving the tubes 5, 6 are of such a length that they leave the edge regions 8 or the envelopes at the longitudinal edges 9 free.
  • the ends of the edge areas 8, or the envelopes on the longitudinal edges 9 of the cover 1, are provided with metal or plastic eyelets 12.
  • the tension belts 13 can be hooked onto these eyelets 12 by means of hooks 14.
  • the tension belts 13 also have an eyelet 15 at their other end, which can be hung there on a retractable flat-head pin 16.
  • a tensioning buckle 17 is installed in each of the tensioning straps 13, by means of which the tensioning straps 13 can be tensioned with leverage.
  • the tensioning straps 13 only have to be provided with tensioning buckles 17 on one side 11 of the cover 1, namely where the rollable end is located.
  • the edge regions 8 of the longitudinal edges 9 can be fixed in place on a retractable flat-head pin by means of an eyelet.
  • the edge areas 8 lie on all sides Edge 10 of the pool.
  • the edge areas 8 along the longitudinal edges 9 are very strongly stretched directly on the floor. The lashing in the transverse direction by means of rubber strips is omitted, as a result of which a clean, continuous along the longitudinal edges 9 is achieved.
  • the rollable tube 5 itself can also be tensioned in a conventional manner, so that the middle area of the pool cover is tensioned and this is tensioned as evenly as possible over its entire surface.
  • the tensioning buckles 17 are released, after which the hooks 14 of the tensioning belts 13 can be unhooked from the eyelets 12 and the eyelets 15 can also be unhooked from the retractable flat-head pins 16.
  • the tension belts 13 can then be put aside and no longer interfere, while the flat-headed pins 16 are sunk into the ground and only their flat heads protrude.
  • the cover 1 can be rolled back by rotating the tube 5 in a known manner, be it by hand using a crank handle or by means of a motor. Preparing the cover only requires loosening at least two tensioning buckles 17 and unhooking the corresponding tensioning straps 13. The cumbersome loosening and removal of the many rubber stripes on the long sides of the cover is no longer necessary. On the other hand, lashing is much easier after the cover has been unrolled, simply by hooking in the tensioning belts 13 that act at least along the edge regions 8 of the longitudinal edges 9 and need to be tensioned by means of the tensioning buckles 17.
  • FIG. 2 shows an example of a tensioning buckle 17, which enables tensioning by means of leverage. It has a frame 20 with a U-shaped cross section, in which a bracket 21 designed as a lever is pivotably mounted. The frame has cutouts 22, 23 in its base and the bracket 21 has a crosspiece 24 at its end region. One part 27 of the tensioning straps 13 is fastened at one end of the frame 20 around a web 29 formed there, the other part 28 is looped through the frame 20 and around the crossbar 24 on the bracket 21 in the manner shown. On the two flanks of the bracket 21 there is a bulge 25 in the form of an elongated knob 25. A further knob 26 is located on the inside of the flanks of the frame 20.
  • bracket 21 If the bracket 21 is pivoted downwards from the position shown, it acts as a lever in relation to the tensioning force deployed in the process.
  • the long knobs 25 are finally pressed over the knobs 26 and then engage behind them, as a result of which the tensioning buckle 17 is secured in the tensioned position.
  • FIG. 3 shows the swimming pool cover according to the invention half rolled up.
  • a cross strut 3 can be seen on the outside of the roller 30.
  • These cross struts 3 consist of aluminum tubes 31 of approximately 40 mm in diameter, from the edge region of which in the axial direction, a chrome steel round rod 32 of significantly smaller diameter than the aluminum tube 31 protrudes.
  • These chrome steel round rods 32 are inserted into pockets 34 which can be seen here and which are welded onto the lower edge region 33 of the cover.
  • FIG. 4 shows a detailed view of such a cross strut 3 on a rolled cover.
  • the film 2 of the cover 1 is only shown in dashed lines, because the main thing is to show the design of the cross strut 3, which is located under the film 2 and carries it.
  • the cross strut 3 consists of an aluminum tube 31 with a special cross section. In the longitudinal direction of the tube 31, a round groove 35 with an inner diameter of approximately 10 mm is embedded on the outside thereof. A chrome steel round rod 32 of the same diameter is inserted into this round groove 35 on both end sides of the tube 31. The chrome steel round rod 32 projects beyond the aluminum tube 31 on both sides by approximately 150 mm and is inserted into the round groove 35 by approximately the same amount.
  • the two round bars 32 rest on the edge of the swimming pool 10 and, however, with a diameter of only about 10 mm are strong enough to bear the weight of the aluminum tube 31 and the film 2 lying thereon. So that the round rods 32 cannot jump out of the round grooves 35 under heavy load, a securing collar 37 is placed over the aluminum tube 31, which prevents the round groove 35 from expanding under load.
  • a securing collar 37 is placed over the aluminum tube 31, which prevents the round groove 35 from expanding under load.
  • the pockets 34 are also indicated, which are welded onto the underside of the covering film 2 and into which the round rods 32 are inserted.
  • the mass of the aluminum tubes 31 and the round rods 32 are held in such a way that the aluminum tubes 31 are left a few centimeters between their ends and the pool edge 10, so that these ends do not touch this edge 10 when they are rolled up and down.
  • plastic caps 36 are placed over the ends of the aluminum tubes 31, which have a corresponding hole for receiving the round rods 32.

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EP2116671A1 (de) 2008-05-06 2009-11-11 Bieri Alpha Covers AG Strebe für eine Schwimmbadabdeckung
EP2374964A1 (de) 2010-04-09 2011-10-12 Bieri Alpha Covers AG Strebe für eine Schwimmbadabdeckung

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