FR2812325A1 - Access seat for shallow end of swimming pool has prefabricated concrete seat moulding keyed into wall of swimming pool - Google Patents

Abstract

The access seat for the shallow end of a swimming pool has a prefabricated concrete seat to hold one user. The seat has a flange (24) which has edge formations (29) to key it into the wall of the swimming pool. There is a wall forming a floor surface extending at right angles to the flange. The seat has a peripheral wall (28) around it opposite to the pool.

Description

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  DEVICE FOR ACCESSING A POOL REALIZED IN REINFORCED CONCRETE,

  INTENDED TO BE ARRANGED AT THE LEVEL OF THE LESS ZONE

DEPTH OF SAID POOL.

  The invention relates to an access device to a swimming pool made of reinforced concrete, intended to be placed at the level of the zone of least

depth of said pool.

  Conventional devices for accessing a swimming pool made of reinforced concrete, consist of steps formed along one of the transverse edges of said swimming pool. Currently, two techniques are

  mainly used to make such walks.

  The first technique, traditional, consists of making a formwork and pouring the steps on site, after reinforcement, using site concrete. However, this technique has several drawbacks. In fact, and first of all, it requires specialized labor that is increasingly rare and more expensive these days. In addition, the average time required to complete the walks is around a week. These two factors lead to a price of

  high cost which significantly affects the cost of the pool.

  In addition, it frequently turns out that the weight of the water above the first access step to the swimming pool is insufficient, especially during the wintering period when the water level must be lowered, to ensure the plating of the liner, more particularly at the junction between said step and the riser. As a result, the liner tends to peel off with risks

  damage and rupture of the latter.

  The second current technique consists in making polyester stair blocks adapted to be integrated in a sealed manner in the wall wall of the swimming pool and in forming a part of it, said stair blocks comprising a U-shaped front frame on the uprights. from which the liner is fixed by means of flanges. Although the cost price of such stair blocks is much lower than that of stairs produced in the traditional way, in particular because of the speed of their installation, the latter however also have several drawbacks. Indeed, and first of all, the line

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  fixing the liner to the uprights of the stair block can prove to be a source of loss of waterproofing of the swimming pool. In addition, such stair blocks are, from an aesthetic point of view, less attractive than a traditional staircase. Finally, and above all, the lifespan of such stair blocks is limited to fifteen years, that is to say significantly less than that of the basin made of reinforced concrete. The present invention aims to provide an access device to a swimming pool of a completely new design overcoming all of the

  disadvantages stated above of current techniques.

  To this end, the invention relates to an access device to a swimming pool made of reinforced concrete, consisting of a prefabricated element of reinforced concrete comprising in one piece: - a rectangular wall for closing at least one portion of the width of one of the longitudinal ends of the swimming pool, provided with means for keying it to the wall of this swimming pool, said closure wall comprising a notch having a bottom substantially parallel to the upper and lower edges of this wall, and so deep that said bottom defines an intermediate landing between said upper and lower edges, distant from the latter by a height adapted so that said landing is capable of constituting the single access step, - a wall forming a range s' extending cantilevered with respect to the obturation wall, at a distance from the upper edge of the latter at least equal to the depth of its notch, said beach wall men aged opposite the notch having a width at least equal to that of said notch, and being bordered peripherally by a side wall of a height adapted so that the upper edge of said side wall is coplanar

  with that of the shutter wall.

  According to the invention, and first of all, the access device consists of a prefabricated element of reinforced concrete produced in a factory mold, on the one hand, the life of which is therefore equivalent to that of the basin itself. even made of reinforced concrete, and on the other hand, the installation on site requires only quick and easy keying operations allowing

  integrate it into the wall of the pool.

  In addition, once this element is in place, its closing wall is profiled in continuity with the wall wall of the basin, so that the liner can be laid in the conventional manner as if the basin had been made.

  in its entirety in a traditional way.

  In addition, such an access device further comprises a beach which can either constitute a paddling pool, or allow a hot tub to be produced, the depth of which is conditioned in particular by the fact that the bottom of the notch forms a landing capable of constituting the single access step, perhaps advantageously sufficient for the water level above this range to be capable of ensuring perfect plating and maintenance in all seasons

  of the liner in particular at the junction between said area and its side wall.

  According to an advantageous embodiment, the beach wall is formed at a distance from the upper edge of the closure wall adapted so that the bottom of the notch and the upper face of said beach wall are level. According to this embodiment, the beach wall thus forms, in

  continuity of the bottom of the notch, the only access step to the swimming pool.

  In addition, advantageously, the width of the wall-area at its junction with the closure wall is identical to that of the notch. Furthermore, the closure wall advantageously has dimensions adapted to seal the entire width of the end.

longitudinal of the swimming pool.

  In order to facilitate the installation of the access element, this closure wall advantageously has dimensions adapted to be inserted between the longitudinal wall walls of the pool and rest on the transverse strip d end of the bottom slab of said

swimming pool.

  In addition, advantageously, the solid portions of the closure wall and the side wall of the beach wall include a flange

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  external upper incorporating peripheral chaining and provided with keying means with the peripheral chaining of the wall wall of the swimming pool. Such a rim indeed constitutes a stiffening element of the access element which

  also allows this element to be keyed into the wall of the pool.

  Furthermore, the beach wall advantageously has a

  semi-circular "Roman" type.

  Other characteristics, aims and advantages of the invention

  will emerge from the detailed description which follows with reference to the appended drawings

  which represent, by way of nonlimiting example, a preferred embodiment. In these drawings: - Figure 1 is a perspective view, in exploded view of the prefabricated elements of a swimming pool incorporating an access device according to the invention, - Figure 2 is a perspective view of half of swimming pool incorporating this access device, and - Figure 3 is a perspective view of the device

access according to the invention.

  The access element to a swimming pool made of reinforced concrete, in accordance with the invention, represented in FIG. 3, is notably but not exclusively intended to constitute one of the prefabricated elements of a swimming pool as represented in FIGS. 1 and 2 , described in the French patent application filed today together with this application in the name of the applicant. As described in detail in this patent application, this swimming pool comprises, first of all, two longitudinal elements 1, 2 each forming one of the longitudinal wall walls of said swimming pool as well as a longitudinal lateral strip of the bottom slab of this last. Each of these longitudinal elements 1, 2 comprises for this purpose: - a portion of vertical wall 3 of constant height, a portion of intermediate wall 4 forming a cutaway inclined by 45 relative to the portion of vertical wall 3, and of shape adapted so that the bottom of the pool has a conventional slope. In this

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  Indeed, this intermediate wall portion 4 has, seen in projection on a vertical plane, the shape of a right triangle whose longitudinal side adjacent to the right angle constitutes the junction line with the vertical wall portion 3, - a bottom wall portion 5 having the shape of a rectangular trapezoid whose two bases constitute the longitudinal end edges of said bottom wall portion and whose side opposite the angles

  straight line constitutes the junction line with the intermediate wall portion 4.

  This bottom wall portion 5 further comprises a longitudinal rabbet 6 formed in its upper face at its parallel free edge of the vertical wall portion 3. This bottom wall portion 5 finally comprises a horizontal flat 7 at level of its longitudinal end corresponding to the

  shallower pool area.

  Each of the longitudinal elements 1, 2 further comprises an upper external rebound 8 in which is incorporated the peripheral chaining of the swimming pool, said flange extending in the extension of the vertical wall portion 3, at the longitudinal end of the latter corresponding to the shallowest area of the pool, of a length equal to the width

of said ledge.

  In addition, this flange 8 has a reservation 9, 10 at each of its longitudinal ends for the purpose of keying the

  longitudinal elements 1, 2 with the elements attached to the latter.

  The third element of this pool consists of a slab

  bottom 11 intended to form the central part of the bottom of said swimming pool.

  This bottom slab 11 comprises, firstly, at one of its longitudinal ends, a horizontal flat 12 of width

  combined with that of the flats 7 of the longitudinal elements 1, 2.

  Along its three other sides, longitudinal and transverse, this bottom slab 11 has a rebate 13, 14 formed in the underside of said bottom slab, and adapted so that said edges are fitted into the rebates 6 of the longitudinal elements and that of the fourth element

described below.

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  This fourth element consists, in turn, of a pit 15 adapted to be abutted to the longitudinal elements 1, 2, in the extension

  ends of the latter defining the maximum depth of the pool.

  This pit 15 with a width equivalent to that of the swimming pool comprises, first of all, a side wall 16 having, seen from above, the shape of a U, and comprising an upper portion 16a of vertical wall, and a lower portion 16b forming a cutaway inclined at 45, said upper and lower wall portions having heights similar to those of the vertical and intermediate wall 3 and 4 portions of the longitudinal elements 1, 2, at the junction line of said elements

  longitudinal 1, 2 with said pit.

  This pit 15 further comprises a bottom slab 17 for closing its lower face, provided, at its free edge, and in its median part, with a rabbet 18 adapted to cooperate with the rabbet 14 of the

base plate 11.

  This pit 15 finally comprises an external upper rim 19 adapted to extend in the continuity of the rim 8 of the longitudinal elements 1, 2, and comprising two reservations such as 20 for keying in

  said pit with said longitudinal elements.

  As shown in Figures 1, 2, the portions of the four above described elements forming the bottom of the pool, have reservations such as 21, 22 opposite at their junction lines in

  view of the keying of said bottom portions.

  The fifth element of this swimming pool, object of the invention, consists of an element 23 for access to said swimming pool, further adapted for closing off

  the shallow longitudinal end of this pool.

  This access element 23 comprises, firstly, a shutter wall 24 of dimensions adapted to be inserted between the longitudinal elements 1, 2 so as to rest on the flats 7, 12 of the latter and of the slab bottom 11, in a position where the external face of said

  obturation wall is profiled with the edge of said longitudinal elements.

  This closure wall 24 further comprises a rectangular indentation 25 the depth of which is

example of around 50 cm.

  The access element 23 also comprises a wall 26 of semicircular shape extending cantilevered relative to the closure wall 24 in the extension of the bottom of the notch 25, said wall being bordered peripherally. a side wall 27 of conjugate height of

  that of said notch, delimiting a range with this wall 26.

  This side wall 27 also constitutes the first degree

  of access to the swimming pool, the second degree being constituted by the difference in height between the wall-

beach 26 and the bottom of the pool.

  The access element 23 finally comprises an upper external rim 28 extending in continuity along the solid portions of the closure wall 24 and along the side wall 27 of the beach, and adapted to come s 'abut against the sections of the peripheral edges 8 of the longitudinal elements 1, 2 extending in the extension of said elements, and

  profiling with said peripheral edge sections 8.

  This upper rim 28 incorporating a peripheral chamage, further has a reservation such as 29 at each of its ends for the keying of the access element 23 with the elements

1, 2.

  In addition to the advantages inherent in the fact that it is prefabricated in the factory, such an access element furthermore has a beach submerged by a sufficient height of water to guarantee perfect retention of the liner even during wintering, this beach which can also constitute a paddling pool,

  allow to realize a whirlpool ...

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Claims (6)

  1 / - Device for access to a swimming pool made of reinforced concrete, intended to be placed at the level of the shallowest area of said swimming pool, characterized in that it consists of a prefabricated element (23) of reinforced concrete comprising in one piece: - a rectangular wall (24) for closing at least a portion of the width of one of the longitudinal ends of the swimming pool, provided with keying means (29) with the wall wall (1 , 2) of this swimming pool, said closure wall comprising a notch (25) having a bottom substantially parallel to the upper and lower edges of this wall (24), and of a depth such that said bottom defines an intermediate bearing between said upper edges and lower, distant from the latter by a height adapted so that said landing is capable of constituting the single access step, - a wall (26) forming a range extending cantilevered relative to the wall d shutter (24), a distance from the upper edge of the latter at least equal to the depth of its notch (25), said beach wall formed opposite the notch (25) having a width at least equal to that of said notch, and being bordered peripherally of a side wall (27) of height adapted so that the upper edge of said wall   lateral or coplanar with that of the closure wall (24).   2 / - Access device according to claim 1, characterized in that the wall-area (26) is formed at a distance from the upper edge of the closure wall (24) adapted so that the bottom of the notch ( 25) and the face   upper of said beach wall are level.   3 / - Access device according to one of claims 1 or 2,   characterized in that the width of the surface wall (26) at its junction   with the closure wall (24) is identical to that of the notch (25).   4 / - Access device according to one of claims 1 to 3,   characterized in that the closure wall (24) has suitable dimensions   to seal the entire width of the longitudinal end of the pool.   / - Access device according to claim 4, characterized in that the closure wall (24) has dimensions adapted to be inserted between the longitudinal wall walls (1, 2) of the pool and rest on the strip transverse (7, 12) end of the bottom slab (5, 11) of said swimming pool.   6 / - Access device according to one of claims   previous, characterized in that the solid portions of the closure wall (24) and the side wall (27) of the beach wall (26) comprise an upper external rim (28) integrating a peripheral chaining and provided with means keying   (29) with the peripheral chaining of the wall (1, 2) of the swimming pool.   7 / - Access device according to one of claims   previous, characterized in that the beach wall (26) has a semi-shaped "Roman" type circular.