FR2847286A1 - POOL TILE PROFILE - Google Patents

Abstract

A swimming pool paving profile comprises: a first arcuate part (1); and a second hook-shaped part (2) intended to be clipped onto a swimming pool liner hooking rail (4). Preferably, the first arcuate part (1) is formed integrally with the second hook-shaped part (2). The first arcuate part (1) has its convex arc shape towards the interior of the pool. The profile can be made of PVC. This profile makes it possible to pour a finishing concrete (6) which directly constitutes a surround and a paving around the swimming pool, in a more economical way than in the conventional way (laying slabs).

Description

TECHNICAL AREA

  The present invention relates generally to a swimming pool paving profile, and more particularly to a swimming pool paving profile intended to constitute a peripheral edge of a swimming pool.

ART ANT RIEUR

  There are many ways to build or make a peripheral edge of a swimming pool. Usually, in particular in small private pools, the upper part of the wall or of the masonry constituting the peripheral wall 10 of the swimming pool is finished by laying and sealing tiles which have a special profile so that together constitute a solid and aesthetic periphery of the swimming pool, with the constitution of a swimming pool rim generally having a slightly rounded shape so that the users do not injure themselves when they hold or rub on

this ledge.

  The disadvantage of such a swimming pool ledge in paving lies in the fact that it requires a lot of manpower for its realization. In addition, it is difficult to impart good aesthetics to it because there remains a masonry structure having defects such as discontinuities inherent in the fact that it is produced in a succession of slabs bonded by cement. Finally, the physical contact between the rim and the users of the pool remains unpleasant because it is a physical contact with a masonry surface, always more or less abrasive.

  It has already been proposed, very rarely, to constitute a profile

  pool paving made according to an aluminum profile (see Figure 1 prior art) comprising in one piece a first arc-shaped part (11) and a second part forming a base (12) for its attachment to the upper masonry rim (14) of the peripheral wall of the pool (17) of the swimming pool. A return (13) allows a surface concrete (16) to hang the profile in its upper part for its sealing with the concrete.

  The disadvantage of such a swimming pool paving profile made from an aluminum profile is that it is difficult to lay and fix to the masonry. In addition, it is very expensive because an aluminum profile designed specifically for an application in small volumes remains very expensive. In addition, the aesthetics of such an aluminum swimming pool rim remains mediocre because it is too shiny and because the metallic appearance is not appreciated because of its too artificial evocation. Finally, physical contact with users of the pool remains unpleasant because it is a contact that provides a feeling of cold because of the very high thermal conductivity of the metal. The invention therefore proposes to remedy the drawbacks

presented above.

R SUM OF THE INVENTION

  According to an essential characteristic of the invention, a swimming pool paving profile is provided, characterized in that it comprises: a first arc-shaped part; and a second hook-shaped part intended to be clipped onto a swimming pool liner hanging rail. Other characteristics of the invention are presented in

the subclaims.

BR VE DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

  Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a pool paving profile of the prior art; Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of a pool paving profile according to the present invention, this view further showing a conventional but modified liner attachment rail to which the paving profile according to the present invention is to be fixed; Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the conventional liner attachment rail but modified according to the invention, as shown in Figure 2; Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of an alternative embodiment of the invention according to which it is intended to fix two paving profiles according to the present invention in order to constitute a peripheral edge of a swimming pool in which the surface of the water is permanently overflowing at its peripheral edge; FIG. 5 is a sectional view of part of a swimming pool including a profile according to the invention, this view being intended to show a method of manufacturing a swimming pool according to the present invention; and FIG. 6 is a sectional view of an upper part of a variant of a swimming pool including a profile according to the invention, this view being intended to show a variant of a method of manufacturing a swimming pool according to the present invention .

  DESCRIPTION OF SIZE OF THE INVENTION

  With reference to FIG. 2, there is a profile for swimming pool paving 10 which comprises: a first arc-shaped part 1; and a second hook-shaped part 2 intended to be clipped onto a rail

  for hanging swimming pool liner 4 (which is known per se).

  As will be seen in more detail below, one of the essential objects of the invention is to be able to very easily produce a surround for a swimming pool basin by eliminating the traditional copings and by performing a concrete pour in one place instead. single operation in order to constitute both the concrete equivalent of traditional copings and a traditional paving or a traditional beach surrounding these copings, this in one piece.

  Preferably, the first arc-shaped part 1 is formed integrally with the second hook-shaped part 2, that is to say that the assembly is produced according to a single plastic profile which is manufactured, in a well-known conventional manner, along linear sections of constant profile and of great length, for example 5m or 10m.

  Preferably, as shown in FIG. 2, the first arc-shaped part 1 has its shape in a convex arc in the direction

  from the inside 7 (that is to say towards the pool 7) of the swimming pool.

  Preferably, according to the invention, the first arc-shaped part 1 further comprises, at its upper edge 5 a third part 3 in one piece which is arranged more outside 30 relative to the arc-shaped bet 1 and which is bent downwards relative to the highest part 5 of the first arc-shaped part 1, this third bet 3 thus being intended to constitute an anchoring piece which is embeddable in cement or concrete 6 poured against the paving profile up to substantially the level of the highest part 5 of the first arc-shaped part 1, from which it follows that when said cement or concrete 6 has taken, said third part 3 is embedded in this cement and said first arc-shaped part 1 is held securely in position without this first arc-shaped part 1 needing to offer in itself- even intrinsic strength or rigidity. The concrete 6 can be a concrete identical to the concrete which is poured into the lost formwork of the vertical walls of the swimming pool basin, or it can be different, in order to constitute a more beautiful and / or more pleasant pool surround. For example, this concrete may include

colored particles.

  Preferably, according to the invention, the swimming pool paving profile is made of a plastic material, preferably of a chlorinated polyvinyl (commonly called PVC).

  Of course, the liner attachment rail 4 (which is known per se) for hanging a swimming pool liner 8, for use with a swimming pool paving profile 10 according to the invention, must be slightly modified with respect to its classic known form. Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 3, this rail 4 comprises a horizontal base 41, a front flange extending vertically downwards 42, a rear flange extending vertically downwards 43 and a horizontal return 44. The parts 41, 42, 43 and 44 together form a rail which is intended to fit horizontally on the horizontal edge of a lost formwork 72 (known per se), preferably made of dense expanded polystyrene, intended for the construction of walls 25 side of the pool. A housing 45 is formed on the rail 4 to accommodate an upper edge of a liner 8 (as shown in Figure 1). This housing 45 which serves to hang the liner 8 is constituted (FIG. 3) by a vertical wall 47 extending from the top of the part 41 and by a horizontal wall 48 extending from the top of the wall 47 towards the 'before, that is to say towards the inside of the swimming pool 7. According to the invention, this rail 4 must also comprise a clip-on part 5 which is formed in the present exemplary embodiment by an extension 49 s extending from the upper part of the wall 47, towards the rear, and by a flange 48a which extends forward and slightly upwards from the forward end of the wall 48.

  w The parts 49 and 48a together form a means for fixing the second hook-shaped part 2 of the tiling profile 12 according to the invention by clipping (see FIG. 2). Returning to FIG. 2, it can in fact be seen that the profile 12 can be clipped onto the rail 4 by virtue of a particular shape of the second hook-shaped part 2. This second hook-shaped part 2 in fact comprises a horizontal wall 21 extending from the bottom of the arc portion 1 backwards, a vertical wall 22 extending from the rear of the wall 21 downwards, a horizontal wall 23 extending from the bottom of the wall 22 towards 10 the front and a rim 25 extending from the bottom of the arc portion 1 towards the bottom and rear. The parts 25, 21, 22 and 23 together form a housing in which the part 5 of the rail 4 can come to nest and be clipped. The clipping effect is obtained by the fact that the part 48 and 48a of the rail 4 comes to bend downward during the fitting 15 of the part 2 on the part 5 (by a movement of displacement of the profile 10 relative to the rail 4 in a direction 11 of horizontal movement and towards the front, that is to say towards the interior of the basin 7) and, at the end of the fitting operation, the part 48a is raised elastically to clip onto the back and against part 25 for clipping

  (or snap-fastening) which is final.

  It can be noted that the push of the surface concrete 6 against the profile 10 is a push along the arrow 11, that is to say towards the front or towards the inside of the basin, and this push is very well received by the fitting of part 2 on part 5 and by the coming

  in abutment of part 23 against part 49.

  Preferably, this rail 4 is also made of material

plastic, preferably PVC.

  Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of an edge of a swimming pool in which the surface of the water is permanently overflowing at a peripheral edge of the swimming pool. This pool comprises a peripheral wall 58 preferably produced according to the known technique of lost formwork, which comprises an internal peripheral wall 59, an external peripheral wall 60 and an overflow water collecting channel 61 situated between internal peripheral edges 35 and external 63. Each of the edges

  internal and external peripherals 62, 63 respectively comprise a first paving profile according to the invention 62 and a second paving profile according to the invention 63. A grating 61A is laid in the channel 61. Thus, it is easy to constitute a swimming pool with overflow.

  This variant of the invention makes it possible to constitute swimming pools in which the entire periphery is overflowing (swimming pools commonly called "mirror") or swimming pools on only one side is overflowing in order to constitute a sort of very large drainage or "very large skimer "of the width corresponding to the length of this overhanging edge (swimming pools commonly called" overflowing "). With reference to FIG. 5, a section view of a part of a swimming pool including a profile 10 according to the invention is distinguished, this view being intended to show a method of manufacturing a swimming pool according to the present invention. The method for producing the swimming pool, this method constituting another inventive aspect of the present invention, consists in carrying out a digging or earthwork step 71 constituting the location of the swimming pool basin. Then, we install the lost formwork constituting the vertical walls 72 of the pool and we install (either 20 before or after) a trellis 73 on wedges 74 in the bottom, brackets 75 in the part of the connection between the future bottom raft and the future swimming pool wall as well as reinforcements 74A in the lost formwork 72. Next, a step of pouring is carried out on a low height of concrete 76 in the bottom of the lost formwork 72 of the vertical walls, on a height d '' about 60 cm, so that the concrete spreads (76) in a part of the pool bottom near the wall 72, this in order to constitute a continuity of concrete (76) in the connecting part between the wall 72 and the pool bottom (part 76 where 75 brackets are installed beforehand). Next, a step of making the pool bottom (also called slab) 77 is carried out by pouring concrete directly into the bottom of the pool. Then, after the concrete of part 76 has started to set (this period of time which may correspond in practice to the time taken to sink the slab or bottom 77, so that in this case no real wait 35 is lost for the beginning of setting of the concrete of the part 76), a step of pouring the concrete 78 is carried out in the lost formwork 72 of the vertical walls while stopping to flow before the top of the wall. Finally, the liner attachment rail according to the invention and the paving profile 12 according to the invention are installed as described above (FIGS. 2 and 3) on the upper edge of the lost formwork 72, then the backfill 71a is made and a finishing concrete 78 is poured both into the upper part of the wall 72 and against the paving profile of the invention 72 as well as over a whole horizontal surface surrounding the swimming pool. This finishing concrete 79 constitutes the equivalent of both the 10 traditional coping and the traditional paving around the swimming pool. According to a variant, it is possible to install the liner attachment rail and / or the profile 12 according to the invention during a step situated before the steps of pouring concrete into the wall 72, and even, if

  wish, before all concrete pouring steps.

  Figure 6 is a sectional view of an upper part of a variant of a swimming pool including a profile according to the invention, this view being intended to show a variant of a swimming pool manufacturing method according to the present invention. According to this variant of the process, a coping 6 and its adjacent surface 80 are produced in one piece. The range 80 constitutes an "articulated slab", that is to say a horizontal slab 80 which is connected to the vertical wall 72 without actually being embedded in this wall. According to this production method, an embankment 81 is made after the wall 72 against the external wall of the wall 72, this embankment being compacted and constituting a horizontal surface 82. Then, part 83 of the lost formwork 72 is hollowed out a little below its upper part, then a surface 84 is placed on the surface 82, a concrete trellis 84 and a concrete is poured on this trellis in order to constitute the articulated slab 80. IF, during the lifetime of the swimming pool (at minus 20 30 years) the embankment 81 or the entire ground surrounding the pool sags slightly (up to 3 cm, and even in extreme cases 10 cm and even more), the articulated slab 80 will tilt towards the low at its rear end 85 and there will be an "articulation" at the level of the zone 83 which forms a connection between the slab 80 and the wall 72. This articulation will take place without significant damage to the structure of the

  wall 72 and will therefore have no harmful effect on the structural integrity of the swimming pool (that is to say on wall 72). The only defect that will appear will be a slight inclination of the slab 80, this defect being only aesthetic.

ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION

  During the construction of the main structure of the swimming pool up to and including the installation of the liner attachment rail, it is interesting that there are no parts in prominence because such a part could then be damaged.

  During the finishing phase of the pool, more precisely the

  phase of realization of the surrounding paving of the swimming pool, one poses the profile of clipping paving Then one pours the usual concrete of paving which forms paving, from obtaining the same advantage of reduction of the costs as according to the prior art that the laying of a pavement per se is not necessary. Furthermore, when this paving concrete has hardened, the edge of the profile is caught in the concrete and has the effect that the profile by nature flexible because it is made of PVC will remain permanently in place, hence obtaining the same strength advantage as in the case of the prior aluminum profile while the plastic profile of the invention is much cheaper, is easier to install (lighter, easier to cut, weld and adjust in finish) and is more aesthetic and pleasant to the touch.

  The surface condition of the PVC profile is more beautiful than that of the aluminum profile of the prior art. The bather in the swimming pool 25 experiences a more pleasant feeling when his body comes into contact with this PVC profile as opposed to the too bright and cold character of the aluminum of the profile of the prior art or as opposed to the rough character of the copings in concrete in case this aluminum profile is not used.

  The position of the clipping hook is advisable because when

  pouring concrete paving, it exerts a hydrostatic thrust on the paving profile in a horizontal direction towards the interior of the pool, hence strengthening the retention in place of the clipping hook.

  Finally, we can say that, thanks to the paving profile according to the present invention, it is ultimately the whole process of producing the swimming pool which is new and inventive because, with this paving profile according to the invention, can obtain a new and inventive procedure for the production of the pool, this procedure consisting in providing practically all at once all the concrete pouring operations in order to obtain continuity of the poured concrete which goes from the bottom of the pool or to strike off 77, the connection 76 between raft and vertical wall, the vertical wall 72, the realization of the "articulated slab 80 and even to finish the realization of the finishing concrete forming the equivalent 10 of the traditional copings and the traditional pavements surrounding the swimming pool. thus realize all the masonry part of the pool in less than three days and certainly in one day while the pool is made according to a technique which offers the same advantages as a more traditional masonry technique and which offers many additional advantages which have been explained above.

Claims (8)

  1. Swimming pool paving profile characterized in that it comprises: a first arc-shaped part (1); and a second hook-shaped part (2) intended to be clipped onto a swimming pool liner attachment rail (4).   2. Pool paving profile according to claim 1, characterized in that the first arc-shaped part (1) is formed integrally with the second hook-shaped part (2).   3. Pool paving profile according to claim 1 or 2, 10 characterized in that the first arc-shaped part (1) has its   convex arc shape towards the interior of the pool.   4. Pool paving profile according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first arcuate part (1) further comprises, at its upper edge 15 a third part (3) of in one piece which is arranged further outside with respect to the arc-shaped portion (1) and which is bent downwards with respect to the highest part (5) of the first part in the form of arc (1), this third bet (3) thus being intended to constitute an anchoring piece which can be embedded in a cement (6) poured against the paving profile up to substantially the level of the highest part ( 5) of the first arc-shaped part (1), from which it follows that when said cement (6) has set, said third part (3) is embedded in this cement and said first arc-shaped part (1) is held securely in position without this first arc-shaped part (1) needing to provide ellem me strength and inherent rigidity.   5. Pool paving profile according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is made of a plastic material.   6. Pool liner hanging rail for use   with a pool paving profile according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises:   there a clip-on part (4) whose shape allows the fixing by   clipping of said second hook-shaped part (2).   7. Pool liner hanging rail according to   claim 6, characterized in that it is made of a plastic material.   8. Swimming pool in which the water surface is in   permanent overflow at a peripheral edge of the swimming pool, characterized in that it comprises a peripheral wall which comprises an internal peripheral edge, an external peripheral edge and an overflow water collecting channel located between the peripheral edges internal and external, and in that each of the internal and external peripheral edges respectively comprises a first paving profile according to any one of Claims 1 to 5 and a second paving profile according to any one of Claims 1 to 5.