FR2948394A1 - Interposable type beam for light shelter in swimming pool, has slides associated with gutter for collecting rain water from mobile part of structure of light shelter guiding in displacement by slides forming guide rail - Google Patents

Abstract

The beam (11) has a construction element (23) e.g. wall, for strutting a light shelter (1) to the element, where the beam is integrated with the element. A gutter is arranged above slides that are associated with the gutter to collect rain water from a mobile part (3) of a structure (2) of the light shelter guided in displacement by the slides forming a guide rail. The slides are laid longitudinally parallel one above the other.

Description

The present invention relates to a beam of the interposable type between the structure of a light roof shelter with a downward slope towards said beam and a construction element such as a wall, for the purpose of supporting the shelter. construction element, as well as a shelter built integrating such a beam.

It relates more particularly to a beam that can be fixed to the construction element and which comprises at least one longitudinal slide for the sliding guide along said beam of at least one movable part of the shelter structure formed by at least two moving parts of a relative displacement between them.

Light shelters, especially of variable length, especially for 15 sports facilities, such as swimming pools, have developed in recent years.

Due to the reduction of the surface area of the grounds, in particular gardens, intended to accommodate such installations, such shelters must increasingly be placed side by side, in particular against the building, such as a house.

For this purpose, the shelter comprises a beam disposed substantially horizontally along the wall of the building to be equipped, this beam ensuring the connection of the structure of the shelter, generally of the kind leaned, to the construction. The beam is thus disposed at the high point of the roof of the shelter which forms a downward slope towards the facade of said shelter.

Generally, this beam is equipped with an axial or longitudinal slide 30 through which the movable part or parts of the shelter slide along said beam. Because the beam is positioned at a high point of the roof of said shelter, it is equipped with a cap that allows to overlap the joint plane formed between the shelter structure and the beam to prevent rainwater from penetrate into said joint plane. The rainwater then flows along the slope of the roof to the front of the roof where they slide along the walls of the shelter.

Due to the stormwater disposal method, a chapel style shelter design with an inverted V-shaped roof is not possible. Moreover, the solution "cap" retained is an unsatisfactory solution, because there is frequently water seepage inside the shelter at the level of the plane joined between beam and shelter structure. These infiltrations of water or water leaks are very unpleasant for the users of the shelter.

An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a connecting beam between shelter structure and construction element whose design allows a collection of rainwater preventing or limiting the risk of water infiltration inside the building. shelter at the level of the connecting zone of the beam to the shelter structure.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a beam whose design makes it possible to lean against the building element a downwardly sloping roof shelter structure in the direction of said beam.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a shelter whose design makes it possible to avoid or limit the infiltration of water inside the shelter without affecting the possibilities of moving the moving parts of the shelter. To this end, the subject of the invention is a beam of the interposable type between the structure of a light roof shelter with a downward slope towards said beam and a construction element, such as a wall, for the purpose of of the shelter to said building element, this beam, which is integral with the building element, comprising at least one longitudinal slide for the sliding guide along said beam of at least one movable part of the shelter structure formed of at least two moving parts of relative displacement between them, which is characterized in that it further comprises at least one gutter disposed above said slide, the gutter, to which the slide is said associated, being able to collect at least the rainwater of the movable part of the shelter structure guided in displacement by the associated slide forming guide rail.

The combination of each slide with a gutter to ensure, with the help of the gutter, effective collection of rainwater from the roof of the movable part of the shelter structure guided by said slide. The result is now the possibility of leaning against a shelter structure of the chapel type to a building element.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which the beam comprises at least two parallel longitudinal rails arranged one above the other, each slide being able to guide sliding along said beam at least a movable part of the shelter structure formed of at least two moving parts moving relative to each other, the beam comprises at least two gutters each associated with a slideway to form an alternation of gutters and slides arranged therein one above the other, the gutter disposed above the slide with which it is associated is adapted to collect at least the rainwater of the moving part of the guided shelter structure moving by the associated slide forming guide rail.

The beam may cooperate with a shelter structure having both at least one fixed portion and at least one movable portion, or only movable portions. Two moving parts of the shelter can be guided by the same slide. The same beam can therefore cooperate with a large number of combinations of shelter structures.

Preferably, the or each gutter and its associated slide are made in one piece and form respectively the upper and lower portions of one and the same profile. The profile thus has a lateral flank of which extend two wings folded at their ends to form with the flank the branches of a U, the upper U forming gutter, the lower U forming slide. The upper wing is generally extended towards the lower wing to form with the upper free edge of the lower wing a slot or a longitudinal opening.

Preferably, the or each gutter and its associated slide are equipped with male and / or female connection means for an interlocking connection to an associated gutter / slide assembly similar to the superimposed state of said assemblies in order to obtain an alternation of gutters and slides io arranged one above the other.

With this possibility of superimposing the gutter / slide assemblies, the number of slides can easily be changed by simply adding or removing an assembly depending on the design of the shelter structure to lean against the building element.

Preferably, the beam is a modular beam formed of a single module or juxtaposition by abutment and / or superposition of modules, each module being formed of the combination of a gutter and an associated slideway. This modularity of the beam allows easy adjustment of the length and height of the beam.

Preferably, the or each gutter and its associated slideway respectively affect one, the shape of a channel or gutter, the other, the shape of an open groove on the front of the beam, that is, say side face of the beam opposite the so-called rear face of the beam adapted to be secured to the construction element and in that the beam is provided with at least one, preferably each, of its ends of at least a first opening formed in the bottom of the channel of the gutter and opening into the associated slideway and a second opening in correspondence, located substantially in line with said first opening, in the so-called lower face of the groove constituting the slideway for a connection of the beam to a downspout. The contents of the or each gutter of the beam is poured out by simple gravity in a downspout.

Preferably, the beam, of the type in which the or each slide is adapted to receive the wheels of at least one carriage equipping the or each mobile part s of the shelter structure for a sliding guide of said movable part, is characterized in that the bottom of the gutter which forms one of the faces, said upper face of the groove constituting the associated slideway, is staggered to delimit, in cooperation with the facing face, said lower face, of the slide, a bearing within which can be accommodated at least one wheel, said io first wheel of said carriage, for so-called vertical guidance of the movable part of the shelter structure, the other faces of the slide formed in front and back side joining the beam to the construction element, said front and rear faces respectively of the slide being parallel faces forming a second bearing adapted to receive a second wheel of said carriage 15 for the so-called lateral guidance of the mobile part of the shelter structure.

The delimitation inside the or each slide of two bearings to accommodate two wheels parallel axis between them, ensures perfect guidance of each mobile part of the shelter. Preferably, the slideway, which has the shape of an open groove on the front of the beam, that is to say on the opposite side of the beam opposite the so-called rear face of the beam that can be secured to the element. construction, internally comprises a longitudinal groove axis parallel to the slide and adjacent the opening on the front of said groove constituting the slide, this groove forming a housing for receiving, usually by force, a brush whose bristles are able to extend behind said opening.

The invention also relates to a lightweight shelter of the type that can be attached to a building element, said shelter comprising a shelter structure and an interposable beam between the structure of the shelter and a construction element, such as a wall. , and integral with said construction element for the connection of the shelter structure to the building element, said roof shelter structure with a downward slope towards the beam comprising at least two moving parts of a relative displacement between they, each part of said structure being in the form of an arch of the flying genus, said arches of the structure of increasing dimension, or respectively decreasing, being mounted telescopically interlocking so as to move from an extended position corresponding to a staggered arrangement of the arches at a retracted position in which the or at least one of the arches is housed in at least one arch of larger size, whereas said mobile arch of said structure is slidably movable along the beam and is equipped, for its sliding displacement along the beam, with at least one carriage whose wheels are adapted to be inserted into the beam; interior of a longitudinal slide of the beam, which is characterized in that the connecting beam of the shelter structure to the building element is in accordance with that described above. For the sliding movement of the or each movable part of the shelter structure along the beam, the or each carriage equipping each movable arch of said structure comprises at least two wheels of axes of rotation orthogonal to each other, said Wheels being introduced inside the slide of the beam adapted to guide said carriage by an open end of the beam, this end of the beam being adapted to be closed by an attached end.

Preferably, the top of each roof arch with at least one downwardly sloping section 25 towards the beam is provided at or near the low point of said slope with a flap adapted to be positioned by its longitudinal edge. free in line with the canal formed by a gutter of the beam.

The flap forms an extension of the roof which brings the rainwater 30 preferably in the center of the gutter thus limiting the risk of leakage or infiltration. The invention will be better understood on reading the following description of exemplary embodiments, with reference to the appended drawings in which:

Figure 1 shows a simplified view from one end of the shelter, the end of the beam being endless to show the superposition of gutters and slides;

Figure 2 shows a front view of the shelter in the open position; Figure 3 shows a front view of the shelter in the closed position; FIG. 4 shows a partial sectional view of the beam and two arch peaks equipped with a rolling carriage inside a slide of the beam, said beam being formed of two superposed sections connected one to the other. to the other by an interlocking connection to define two parallel rails 15 and two gutters each associated with a slide;

FIG. 5 represents a partial perspective view of the mobile part of a shelter structure seen from the connection side of the mobile part to the beam by means of two carriages; Figure 6 shows a partial perspective view in exploded position of the constituent elements of the end of a beam in its connection area to a downflow of rainwater.

As mentioned above, the beam 11, which is the subject of the invention, can be interposed between the structure 2 of a light roof shelter with a downward slope towards said beam 11 and a building element 23 such as a wall, in view of the backing of the shelter 1 to said element 23 of construction.

This beam 11 is securable to the element 23 of construction by its so-called rear face shown in 15 in the figures. The fastening is generally obtained by screwing. This beam 11 further comprises a facade shown at 16 in the figures. In the position of use, in the state fixed to the building element 23 to be equipped with a shelter structure 2, this beam 11 extends substantially horizontally and is inclined with respect to the horizontal of a angle generally between 1 ° and 1.5 ° to allow gravity flow of water along the beam, as will be described below.

This beam 11 also comprises at least one longitudinal slideway 12 for the sliding guide along said beam 11 of at least one movable portion 3 of the shelter structure 1 formed of at least two moving parts 3 of a relative displacement between them.

The shelter structure 2 may be formed of at least one mobile part and at least one fixed part, or exclusively of moving parts.

In the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shelter structure 2 comprises two fixed end portions represented at 3B, and movable intermediate portions represented at 3A. Each part 3 of the structure, fixed or movable, is generally in the form of an arch of the bow-flying type. This arch has a vertex generally either to a downwardly sloped section towards the beam to allow the realization of a type of shelter 20 lean or two inverted V-shaped to allow the realization of a chapel type shelter, l one of the sections being, in this case, downhill in the direction of the beam. The arch is therefore, beam side, devoid of pillar, and is, for this reason, said arching butt. The pillar of the arch is, opposite to the beam, represented at 6. Generally, each arch 4 is formed of two half-arches and two cross members delimiting with the half-arches a frame filled with at least one element of filling, such as a glazed panel. The detail of realization of these arches will not be provided hereinafter as it is well known to those skilled in the art.

Said arches of the shelter structure 2 are of increasing or decreasing dimension and are mounted telescopically interlocking so as to move from an extended position, corresponding to a stepped arrangement of the arches, in which the shelter structure is closed as shown in FIG. 3, at a retracted position in which the or at least one of the arches is housed in at least one arch of larger size, this retracted position corresponding to the open position of the shelter shown in FIG. figure 2.

In the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shelter structure 2 is formed of six arches: two fixed end arches, four movable intermediate arches. The shelter opens from the center of said shelter by moving each series of arches in two opposite directions. The two central arches are therefore of identical dimensions. Each central arch comes, during its displacement sliding along the beam, to lodge in an intermediate arch which itself is housed in the fixed arch end. The shelter therefore deploys here from two fixed end arches.

In other shelter designs, the shelter deploys from the smaller fixed arch or the larger fixed arch. All these solutions are equivalent solutions. Each movable arch of the structure is equipped, for its displacement sliding along the beam 11, of at least one carriage 7 whose wheels 8, 9 are able to fit inside a longitudinal slide 12 of the beam 11. In the examples shown, the or each carriage 7 equipping each movable arch of said structure comprises at least two wheels 8, 9 with axes of rotation orthogonal to each other, said wheels 8, 9 being introduced to the inside the slide 12 of the beam adapted to guide said carriage 7 by an open end 30 of the beam, this end of the beam being adapted to be closed by a nozzle 29 reported. Generally, and as illustrated in FIG. 5, each mobile arch is equipped with two carriages 7.

Finally, the top of each roof arch with at least one downwardly sloping section towards the beam 11 is provided at or near the low point of said slope with a flap 10 adapted to be positioned by its longitudinal edge. free in line with the channel formed by a gutter 13 of the beam.

The role of this flap, made from a flat metal reported, will be described below. Indeed, and in a characteristic manner to the invention, said beam 11 further comprises at least one gutter 13 disposed above said slideway 12, the gutter 13, to which the slideway 12 is said to be associated, being able to collect at the minus the rainwater of the movable portion 3 of the shelter structure 2 guiding 15 in displacement by the associated slide 12 forming a guide rail.

The free edge of the bib equipping the fixed and mobile parts of the shelter is therefore positioned directly above the bottom of the gutter to allow the collection of rainwater from the mobile or fixed part of the shelter structure to the interior of the gutter, this water then being discharged inside a downflow of rainwater formed at one end of the beam.

For this purpose, the or each gutter 13 and its associated slideway 12 respectively affect one, the shape of a channel or gutter, the other, the form of an open groove in the front 16 of the beam 11, c that is to say facing side of the beam opposite the so-called rear face 15 of the beam adapted to be secured to the element 23 of construction. The beam 11 is provided with at least one, preferably each, of its ends with at least a first opening 17 formed in the bottom of the channel of the gutter 13 and opening into the associated slideway 30 and a second opening 18 in correspondence, located substantially vertically above said first opening 17, in the lower face 24 of the groove constituting the slide 12 for a connection of the beam 11 to a descent 19 of rainwater. This embodiment is illustrated in FIG.

The beam may be equipped with downflow 19 of rainwater at one of its ends or at each of its ends. A dressing 19A of the descent 19 of rainwater made from profiles can be provided. It may also be provided, on the front side of the beam, a gutter attached to the base of the beam, as shown in Figure 6.

According to the configuration of the shelter structure 2, in particular according to the number of movable or fixed parts of the shelter structure 2 to be connected to the element 23 of construction, the beam may comprise a number of slides and gutters variable . It should be noted that the same slide and its associated gutter can allow the sliding movement of two moving parts of the shelter structure. This is the case of the shelter of FIG. 3, where the arches represented at 3A adjoining the end arches 3B, move inside the same gutter of the beam and pour their rainwater into a same gutter. beam.

Preferably, the or each gutter 13 and its associated slide 12 are made in one piece and form respectively the upper and lower portions of one and the same profile.

Thus, the beam 11 is a modular beam formed of a single module or a juxtaposition by abutment and / or superposition of modules, each module 25 being formed at least of the combination of a gutter 13 and a slide 12 associated.

The adjustment in length and height of the beam is extremely easy.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the or each gutter 13 and its associated slideway 12 are equipped with male and / or female connection means 14 for an interlocking connection to an associated gutter / slide assembly similar to the state superimposed said sets to obtain 11 an alternation of gutters 13 and slides 12 arranged one above the other.

The profile formed by the first associated gutter / slider assembly has, on the back side of the profile 23, a longitudinal rib 14 at its top, and at its base a longitudinal groove 21 suitable for housing. the rib of an underlying profile.

It is noted that the bottom of the gutter 13 which forms one of the faces, referred to as the upper face of the groove constituting the associated slideway 12, is staggered to delimit, in cooperation with the facing face, called the lower face 24, of the slideway 12, a bearing 20 inside which may be housed at least one wheel 8, said first wheel of said carriage 7, for the so-called vertical guidance of the mobile part 3 of the shelter structure 2, the other faces 26 , 27 of the slide 12 15 formed on the front 16 and rear side 15 of securing the beam to the construction element, said respectively front 26 and rear 27 of the slide 12 being parallel faces forming a second bearing suitable for receiving a second wheel 9 of said carriage 7 for the so-called lateral guidance of the mobile part 3 of the shelter structure 2. The slideway 12 further comprises internally a longitudinal groove 21 of axis parallel to the slide 12 adjacent the opening 28 in front of the groove constituting the slide 12. This groove 21 forms a housing for receiving a brush 22 which the bristles are able to extend behind said opening 28. The bristles of this brush are deformed during the sliding movement of the carriage inside the slide 12 of the beam. Such a groove is visible in Figure 4.

The design of the beam and the shelter structure as described above makes it possible to obtain a sheltered shelter whose risks of infiltration of water at the level of the connection zone between beam and structure 2 d. shelter are reduced.

Claims (11)

REVENDICATIONS1. Beam (II) of the interposable type between the structure (2) of a light shelter (1) with downward slope roof towards said beam (11) and a building element (23), such as a wall, in view of the abutment of the shelter (1) to said element (23) of construction, this beam (11), which is solidarisable to the element (23) of construction, comprising at least one longitudinal slide (12) for the sliding guide along said beam (11) of at least one movable part (3) of the shelter structure (2) formed of at least two parts (3) animated by a relative movement between they, characterized in that said beam (11) further comprises at least one gutter (13) disposed above said slide (12), the gutter (13), to which the slide (12) is said to be associated, being suitable collecting at least the rainwater from the movable portion (3) of the shelter structure (2) guided in displacement by the associated guiding rail slide (12) . 2. Beam (11) according to claim 1, of the type comprising at least two parallel longitudinal slideways (12) arranged one above the other, each slide (12) being able to guide slidingly along said beam (11) at least one movable part (3) of the shelter structure (2) formed of at least two moving parts (3) moving relative to one another, characterized in that the beam (11) comprises at least two gutters (13) each associated with a slide (12) to form an alternation of gutters (13) and slides (12) arranged one above the other, the gutter (13). ) disposed above the slide (12) with which it is associated being adapted to collect at least the rainwater of the movable portion (3) of the structure (2) guiding shelter in displacement by the slide (12) associated forming guide rail. 3. Beam (11) according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the or each gutter (13) and its slide (12) associated are formed in one piece and form respectively the 13supérieure and lower parts d one and the same profile. 4. Beam (11) according to claim 3, characterized in that the or each gutter (13) and its slide (12) associated are equipped with means (14) of male and / or female connection for a connection by interlocking with a associated gutter / slide assembly similar to the superimposed state of said sets for obtaining an alternation of gutters (13) and slides (12) arranged one above the other. 5. Beam (11) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the beam (11) is a modular beam formed of a single module or a juxtaposition by abutment and / or superposition of modules, each module being formed of the combination of a gutter (13) and a slide (12) associated. 6. Beam (11) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the or each gutter (13) and its associated slide (12) respectively affect one, the shape of a channel or gutter, the the other, the shape of an open groove on the front (16) of the beam (11), that is to say on the opposite side of the beam opposite to the so-called rear face (15) of the beam that can be joined together to the element (23) of construction and in that the beam (11) is provided with at least one, preferably each, of its ends with at least a first opening (17) formed in the bottom of the channel of the gutter (13) and opening into the associated slideway (12) and a corresponding second opening (18) situated substantially vertically above said first opening (17) in the so-called lower face (24) of the groove constituting the slide (12) for a connection of the beam (11) to a descent (19) of rainwater. 7. Beam (11) according to claim 6, of the type in which the or each slide (12) is adapted to receive the wheels of at least one carriage (7) equipping the or each movable part (3) of the structure ( 2) shelter (1) for a guide to the flow of said movable portion (3), characterized in that the bottom of the gutter (13) which forms one of the faces, said face (25) upper of the groove constituting the slide (12) associated, is stepped to define, in cooperation with the facing face, said lower face (24) of the slide (12), a bearing (20) inside which can be housed at least one wheel (8), said first wheel of said carriage (7), for so-called vertical guiding of the movable part (3) of the shelter structure (2), the other faces (26, 27) of the slide (12) arranged on the front (16) and on the rear face (15) of securing the beam to the construction element, respectively said front (26) and rear (27) sides of the sliding rail. (12) being parallel faces forming a second bearing adapted to receive a second wheel (9) of said carriage (7) for the so-called lateral guidance of the movable portion (3) of the shelter structure (2). 8. Beam (11) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the slide (12) which has the shape of an open groove in front (16) of the beam (11) is ie opposite side of the beam opposite the face (15) said rear of the beam adapted to be secured to the element (23) of construction, internally comprises a groove (21) longitudinal axis parallel to the slide (12) and adjoining the opening (28) in front of said groove constituting the slide (12), this groove (21) forming a housing for receiving, generally by force, a brush (22) whose bristles are able to extend behind said opening (28). 9. Shelter (1) light type of a building element (23), said shelter 25 (1) having a shelter structure (2) and a beam (11) interposable between the structure (2) of the shelter and a construction element (23), such as a wall, and integral with said construction element (23) for connecting the shelter structure (2) to the building element (23), said structure ( 2) roof shelter with a downward slope towards the beam comprising at least two parts (3) moving relative to each other, each portion (3) of said structure (2) being in the form of an arch of the flying type, said arches of the structure of increasing or decreasing dimension being telescopically engaged so as to move from an extended position corresponding to a stepped arrangement of the arches to a retracted position in which the least one of the arches is housed in at least one arch e of larger dimension, each movable arch of said structure being slidably movable along the beam and being equipped, for its displacement sliding along the beam, of at least one carriage (7) whose wheels ( 8, 9) are capable of being inserted inside a longitudinal slide (12) of the beam (11), characterized in that the beam (11) connecting the structure (2) of shelter to the element (23) of construction is according to one of claims 1 to 8. 10. Shelter (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that the or each carriage (7) equipping each movable arch of said structure comprises at least two wheels (8, 9) axes of rotation orthogonal to each other, said wheels. (8, 9) being introduced inside the slide (12) of the beam adapted to guide said carriage (7) by an open end of the beam, this end of the beam being able to be closed by a bit ( 29) reported. 11. Shelter (1) according to one of claims 9 and 10, characterized in that the top of each roof arch to at least one slope downwardly in the direction of the beam (11) is provided with, or in the vicinity the low point of said slope, a flap (10) adapted to be positioned by its free longitudinal edge in line with the channel formed by a gutter (13) of the beam.25.