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
  • E04H4/10—Coverings of flexible material

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• the present invention relates to the technical field of outdoor pool covers, for example buried pools, and more particularly relates to a device for protecting or covering a swimming pool.
• simple tarpaulins are known, which are packaged on a retractor device, fixed or mobile, and intended to be positioned along one of the edges of the pond of the pool in question.
• the tarpaulin is unwound manually to cover the pool.
• the tarpaulin can be unwound either by overlapping the edges of the pool of the pool, at the edges or in the floating position on the water of the pool of the pool, in the case, for example, of a bubble cover . After unwinding of the cover, the latter can cooperate with anchoring means, relative to the pool of the pool.
• Shutters are also known composed of a plurality of articulated blades, shaped to float on the water pool pool.
• the shutter cooperates with a winding drum, manual or motorized, located outside the pool of the pool, or in a compartment formed inside the pool of the pool.
• roller shutters for swimming pools spring for example, the teaching of the patent EP 1 233 125, given as an indication, in no way limiting.
• the winder can be movable and move in translation along the length of the basin.
• One of the aims of the invention is therefore to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art by proposing a covering device for a swimming pool basin which has a small footprint in the folded position relative to the devices of the state of the technical.
• a pool basin covering device which comprises a tarpaulin, preferably bar, secured to a receiving structure, and intended to adopt a deployed position in which it is intended to cover at least part of the pool and a retracted retracted position inside the receiving structure.
• the tarpaulin is not rolled up but folded in the retracted position, this makes it possible to gain in compactness and thus in height and volume.
• the sheet can then have a longer length and be housed directly inside the receiving structure, which is more aesthetic.
• the device is also easy to use.
• the device comprises traction means on portions of the sheet to pass successively retracted retracted position, and disengagement means of said traction.
• the cover comprises at least one strap, and preferably two straps, for example fixed to the free end of the cover and, for example, freely passing through eyelets positioned along the cover.
• the sheet comprises bars and at least one strap attached to the bar furthest from the receiving structure, and freely through the other bars, and in that the pulling means pull on the strap.
• the disengaging means comprise shoes positioned on each of the bars of the tarpaulin through which the strap passes, each shoe having an end opposite to the traction means in the form of a ramp, and an end facing the means of traction.
• traction having an elastic member biased into a locking position bearing against the strap.
• the strap has, at regular intervals, corresponding in particular to the distance between two bars, cleats forming on the one hand unlocking ramps whose slope is directed away from the traction means to allow lifting the resilient member in the disengaged position, and secondly abutment means against the elastic member to achieve traction on the bar.
• the traction means are, for example, in the form of a drum, operable in manual or motorized rotation, for winding the strap.
• the receiving structure is movable in translation to actuate the rotation of the drum in order to wind the strap and to swallow the cover during its passage in the retracted retracted position.
• the tarpaulin remains fixed and the receiving structure swallows the tarpaulin to discover the pool pool.
• the tarpaulin may be intended to cover, in the deployed position, the swimming pool basin completely. However, when the cover partially covers the pool pool, in the deployed position, the receiving structure forms a floor for covering the remaining uncovered portion of the basin. Thus, the floor is an additional surface or a terrace for leisure activities for example.
• the receiving structure is preferably mounted on guiding means, for example on rails, intended to be arranged along and on either side of the basin.
• FIG. 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment of the device wherein a tarpaulin, for example bars, is in the deployed position;
• FIG. 2 is a plan view of the device illustrating the opening and the first ply of the sheet
• FIG. 3 is a plan view of the device in which the tarpaulin is folded and retracted within the receiving structure;
• ⁇ figure 4 is a sectional view of the receiving structure illustrating the winding drum of the straps and the folded retracted position of the sheet within the receiving structure;
• FIG. 5 is a plan view of a second embodiment of the device according to the invention showing the movable receiving structure to discover the basin;
• FIG. 6 is a plan view where the mobile receiving structure completely discovers the swimming pool basin
• ⁇ 7 illustrates in perspective, a second embodiment of the invention, the receiving structure being open to see the traction means, and the sheet being folded in the retracted position;
• FIG. 8 is similar to the Figure 7 and shows in detail the pulling means and the releasing means;
• Figure 9 illustrates in detail a shoe and cleat of the traction means and disengaging means
• ⁇ 10 illustrates the engagement of a hoof of a previous bar in the hoof of a next bar causing the disengagement of the traction on said subsequent bar
• ⁇ 11 illustrates the cover in the deployed position of the device according to the second embodiment.
• the invention relates to a device (A) for covering a swimming pool (B).
• the device (A) comprises a tarpaulin (1), preferably bars, secured on at least one of its sides, to a receiving structure (2).
• the bar cover (1) is intended to cover at least part of the pool (B).
• the bars of the bar cover (1) are parallel to each other and are separated, for example, by a constant distance, to form cover portions.
• At least one orifice pierced laterally at half the length of the bars, and preferably two orifices pierced at the ends of the bars allow one or two straps (3), coming out of the receiving structure (2), to pass freely and perpendicularly said bars.
• the straps (3) are attached to the furthest bar, that is to say to that located at the end of the bar cover (1).
• the sheet (1) does not comprise bars and the straps (3) are fixed to the free end of the sheet and, for example, freely pass eyelets positioned along the sheet (1).
• the device (A) and more particularly the receiving structure (2) comprises traction means (4), for example, in the form of a drum (4a) for pulling and winding only the straps (3).
• traction means (4) for example, in the form of a drum (4a) for pulling and winding only the straps (3).
• the drum (4a) is operated manually or via a motor, the process of opening at least a portion of the pool basin can then begin.
• the rotation of the drum (4a) causes the winding of the straps (3) and pulls on the end bar to bring it inside the receiving structure (2).
• the other bars, pushed by the end bar slide along the straps (3) to the interior of the structure (2).
• the contact of the end bar with the next bar forms a first fold on the sheet (1), they will form a second fold with the next bar, and so on until the drum rotation ( 4a) causes complete winding of the straps (3).
• the bar cover (1) then adopts a retracted position in which it is completely folded, in the manner of an "accordion" (5), and therefore takes up little space and height inside the structure (2 ).
• the bar cover (1) may be intended to totally cover the pool (B). In another embodiment, the bar cover (1) covers only one part of the pool (B) and the receiving structure (2) forms a floor for covering the remaining part of the pool (B), and can be used as a terrace for leisure activities
• the receiving structure is movable in translation relative to the swimming pool (B).
• the receiving structure (2) is preferably mounted on guiding means (6), comprising, for example, rails (6a) arranged along, and apart from, other of the swimming pool (B).
• the rails (6a) extend on at least one side of the basin to allow positioning of the receiving structure (2) outside the basin, in the retracted position of the bar cover (1).
• the receiving structure (2) which forms a floor can actuate itself, by its movement, the rotation of the drum to wind the straps (3) and swallow the bar cover (1) to discover the pool basin (B).
• the drum (4a) may comprise two end gears cooperating with racks positioned along the rails (6a), so as to cause a rotation of the drum (4a) during the advancement of the structure (2) .
• the receiving structure (2) forming the floor may, for example, be in the form of box, adapted to the dimensions of the bar cover (1), and open on the side opposite said cover. From the above, the advancement of the receiving structure (2) makes it possible to wind the straps (3) and to swallow the bar cover (1). Conversely, the unwinding of the bar cover (1) may consist in exerting traction, for example manual, on the end bar to manually deploy the bar cover (1).
• rotation of the drum (4a) can directly cause the translation of the receiving structure (2) to discover the pool (B) and fold the bar cover (1), and conversely the displacement of the reception structure makes it possible to deploy progressively the bar cover (1) to cover the swimming pool (B).
• the device (A) comprises traction means (4) for successively pulling portions of the sheet to deploy it.
• These traction means (4) are also able to draw successive portions of the sheet (1) to make it adopt the retracted retracted position.
• the traction means (4) comprise disengaging means (12) so that, when a portion of the cover (1) is pulled to retract it in the folded position, said disengaging means (12) disengage in order to more exerting traction on the folded retracted portion, and continue traction on the next portion of the tarpaulin (1) to retract in the folded position, and so on.
• the traction means (4) and the disengaging means (12) may have several forms.
• the traction means (4) may be in the form of an axis (7), for example integral with the nearest bar, which axis (7) has at least one drum (4a) for winding a strap (3).
• the axis (7) has at least two winding drums (4a).
• the straps (3) freely pass through shoes (8) positioned on each of the bars of the cover (1).
• Each shoe (8) has an end, opposite to the winding drum (4a), in the form of a ramp (8a), and an end facing the winding drums (4a) having an elastic member (9) recalled in a locking position bearing against the strap (3).
• Each strap (3) has, at regular intervals, corresponding in particular to the distance between two bars of the tarpaulin (1) bars, cleats (10) forming on the one hand unlocking ramps whose slope is directed to the opposite winding drums (4a), and secondly abutment means against the elastic member (9) for pulling on the bars.
• disengaging means (12) disengage the drive of the bar.
• the bar that is still next, is in turn pulled towards the first bars since the cleat on the strap (3) abuts against the elastic member (9), at least until the disengaging position in which the shoe (8) of the previous bar is engaged in the shoe (8) of said bar to lift the elastic member (9) and disengage the traction of the drums (4a), and so on.
• the disengaging means (12) may be used either during the passage of the tarpaulin (1) in the deployed position, or when passing into the retracted retracted position. It all depends on which bars are attached to the traction means (4). In the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 11, the traction means (4) are attached to the nearest bar, so that the disengaging means (12) are actuated during the passage in the folded retracted position of the tarpaulin (1). In the case where the traction means (4) are attached to the rod furthest from the cover (1), as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 6, the disengaging means (12), not illustrated, can be used during the moving into the deployed position of the tarpaulin (1).
• the clutch release system may be envisaged to have, on either side of the bars, the pinions cooperating with racks positioned on the ground, so that the bars are driven towards the traction means (4) by the gears of the gears and racks to a storage area (11) close to the traction means (4) and without racks for disengaging the traction operation.
• the straps are not necessary.
• a lateral drive system bars in the form of a caterpillar equipped at regular intervals with hooks for the successive collection of bars.
• the rotation of the crawler makes it possible to drive the bar, and thus to pass the corresponding portion of tarpaulin (1) in the retracted retracted position, until the hook releases the disengaged rear position and storage bar (11), and so on.
• the invention provides a device (A) for covering a swimming pool (B) which has a smaller footprint compared to devices of the state of the art, easy to use, allowing to have a large length of tarpaulin (1), while remaining aesthetic and discreet due to a contained height.

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