EP1840299B1 - Device for protecting swimming pools and the like - Google Patents
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- EP1840299B1 EP1840299B1 EP06381013A EP06381013A EP1840299B1 EP 1840299 B1 EP1840299 B1 EP 1840299B1 EP 06381013 A EP06381013 A EP 06381013A EP 06381013 A EP06381013 A EP 06381013A EP 1840299 B1 EP1840299 B1 EP 1840299B1
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- cover
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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 device initially conceived to protect swimming pools, but also applicable for covering other type of tanks.
- the device is constituted by a cover attached to some profiles provided with rolling elements on their ends, thereby facilitating its retraction and positioning using a reel placed on one end of the pool.
- the device of the invention protects persons and animals from the risks related to falling into the swimming pool, while keeping the pool clean by preventing the entry of foreign objects. It also facilitates the extension and retraction of the cover that forms part of the assembly of the device.
- the reel fixed on one end of the pool allows collecting the cover. It has a profile on one of its ends that increases the winding diameter, thereby reducing the number of turns needed to collect the cover.
- Devices for covering swimming pools consist of a plastified fabric cover with a number of transverse profiles that sustain the cover preventing it from sinking in the water and provided with elements to facilitate its extension and retraction.
- the object of these swimming pool covers is to cover the pools when they are not used, in order to prevent accidents such as children or animals falling in them.
- Patent document with publication number EP1564347 protects another swimming pool cover with a number of parallel and transverse stiffening rods and tension cables joined on the sides to facilitate winding it.
- Document FR2763089 disclosing the features of the preamble of claim 1, describes a roll up cover for a swimming pool, having a flexible cover with its size and shape adapted to that of the swimming pool. Reinforcement rods extend across the cover and rest at their ends on the edge of the pool. A shaft for rolling up the cover is connected at one end to the cover and to a drive motor. Each reinforcing rod has an opening formed at the top of the edges of the pool. Rollers are provided to roll on the edges during rolling und unrolling of the cover.
- swimming pool covers can be wound using a collection device consisting of a small machine with a handle, which rolls up the cover and rods on the end bar with the cover extended on the floor without moving, thereby rolling up the fabric and the tubes advancing until reaching the end.
- this device does not move the cover but instead is wound upon itself together with the profiles and the cloth.
- the cover is retracted to an end of the pool, where the fixed reel is placed, so that the dirt is not contained in the collected roll and the assembly does not scrape against the edge of the pool.
- the device of the invention is constituted by a swimming pool cover or the like to be collected, and a reel that remains fixed while the cover is extended or retracted.
- the cover is made of a single piece and is provided along its entire length of guides that are attached to rigid transverse profiles.
- the rigid transverse profiles are provided with:
- the profile supporting the rolling elements is provided with:
- the rolling elements facilitate the retraction and extension of the cover with its stiffening elements to the fixed reel.
- the profile supporting the rolling elements determines a separation between the transverse profile and the ground that allows the profiles to pass over the edge of the pool, preventing a direct contact of the transverse profile with the ground and the protrusion of the pool edge.
- the guides are made of the same continuous material of the cover, stuffed with a stiffening material.
- the cover has straps for attachment to the fixed reel, so that to retract the cover when it will be removed from the pool it suffices to tie the straps to the drum of the reel placed on a side of the pool, retracting the cover.
- the cover is collected by a reel which, in addition to the usual elements provided in fixed reels such as a stand and a drum, is provided with segments attached to both ends of the drum in order to reduce the number of turns required to roll up the device of the invention by increasing the radius of the drum.
- the retracted cover and profiles with rolling elements is very large and cannot be performed with currently known reels, as the device when rolled up is too large and, because profiles with their rolling elements are collected on each other in the rolling operation, the circle produced is irregular.
- the weight of the profiles makes them slide on the downward moving side of the reel, carrying the cover with them, thereby forming a hanging bulge that unbalances the rolling operation and makes it impossible.
- the reel of the invention is provided with radial segments on the end of the reel drum, reducing the number of turns to make to a minimum and preventing the accumulation of material on the drum.
- the reel has a gear reducer driven by a conventional handle or an electric device, thereby facilitating the winding action.
- the reel is provided with a clutch system to release the rotation of the main drum in order to pull on the end of the cover when unwinding and extending it.
- the device consists at least of the following:
- the clutch system simplifies the action of unwinding the cover (1) by removing a pin incorporated in said clutch system which, when removed, allows the drum to turn freely.
- the winding surface will not be circular but instead polygonal, divided into areas or sides with a concave appearance in which the transverse profiles (2) are positioned. This characteristic means that when it is unwound the cylinder does not gather momentum, instead unwinding one by one without requiring a brake to control said momentum.
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Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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ES06381013T ES2350593T3 (es) | 2006-03-29 | 2006-03-29 | Dispositivo de protección de piscinas y similares. |
EP06381013A EP1840299B1 (en) | 2006-03-29 | 2006-03-29 | Device for protecting swimming pools and the like |
DE602006017166T DE602006017166D1 (de) | 2006-03-29 | 2006-03-29 | Vorrichtung zum Schützen von Schwimmbecken und dergleichen |
AT06381013T ATE483082T1 (de) | 2006-03-29 | 2006-03-29 | Vorrichtung zum schützen von schwimmbecken und dergleichen |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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EP06381013A EP1840299B1 (en) | 2006-03-29 | 2006-03-29 | Device for protecting swimming pools and the like |
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EP1840299A1 EP1840299A1 (en) | 2007-10-03 |
EP1840299B1 true EP1840299B1 (en) | 2010-09-29 |
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EP06381013A Not-in-force EP1840299B1 (en) | 2006-03-29 | 2006-03-29 | Device for protecting swimming pools and the like |
Country Status (4)
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EP (1) | EP1840299B1 (es) |
AT (1) | ATE483082T1 (es) |
DE (1) | DE602006017166D1 (es) |
ES (1) | ES2350593T3 (es) |
Families Citing this family (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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AT14965U1 (de) * | 2015-05-21 | 2016-09-15 | Hermann Meisel Gmbh | Abdeckvorrichtung für ein becken |
FR3088357B1 (fr) | 2018-11-13 | 2021-01-08 | Fluidra Ind France | Banc modulaire protecteur de couvertures de piscine |
Family Cites Families (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR2763089B1 (fr) * | 1997-05-07 | 1999-06-25 | Guy Zech | Dispositif de recouvrement enroulable pour bassin |
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- 2006-03-29 DE DE602006017166T patent/DE602006017166D1/de active Active
- 2006-03-29 AT AT06381013T patent/ATE483082T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2006-03-29 EP EP06381013A patent/EP1840299B1/en not_active Not-in-force
- 2006-03-29 ES ES06381013T patent/ES2350593T3/es active Active
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ES2350593T3 (es) | 2011-01-25 |
ATE483082T1 (de) | 2010-10-15 |
EP1840299A1 (en) | 2007-10-03 |
DE602006017166D1 (de) | 2010-11-11 |
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