FR3058747A1 - BASIN COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE GLASS WALL - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a basin comprising a support (44), at least one glass wall (40), a junction connecting said glass wall (40) and the support (44), characterized in that the junction comprises a profile of an assembly (48) having a body (54) and a groove (56) configured to house the lower edge of the glass wall (40), a link (50) connecting the delivery profile (48) to the support (44) and a mechanical support (52) configured to connect the glazed wall (40) and the installation profile (48), said connection (50) comprising a plurality of connecting elements (86) connecting the body (54) of the installation profile (48) to the support (44), distributed along the length of the laying profile (48), and height-adjustable elements (88, 88 ') positioned between the profile (48) and the support (44).

Description

058 747

60941 ® FRENCH REPUBLIC

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PATENT INVENTION APPLICATION

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©) Date of filing: 14.11.16. (© Applicant (s): COVERIS Société par actions simpli- (30) Priority: trusted - FR. @ Inventor (s): CAPDESSUS JEAN-FRANCOIS and EWEN TANK. (43) Date of public availability of the request: 18.05.18 Bulletin 18/20. ©) List of documents cited in the report preliminary research: Refer to end of present booklet (© References to other national documents (® Holder (s): COVERIS Simplified joint-stock company. related: ©) Extension request (s): © Agent (s): CABINET ALLICI.

BASIN INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE GLASS WALL.

FR 3 058 747 - A1 _ The invention relates to a basin comprising a support (44), at least one glazed wall (40), a junction connecting said glazed wall (40) and the support (44), characterized in that that the junction comprises a laying profile (48) which comprises a body (54) and a groove (56) configured to accommodate the lower edge of the glass wall (40), a connection (50) connecting the laying profile (48 ) to the support (44) and a mechanical support (52) configured to connect the glass wall (40) and the mounting profile (48), said connection (50) comprising several connection elements (86) connecting the body (54) from the installation profile (48) to the support (44), distributed over the length of the installation profile (48), and elements adjustable in height (88, 88j positioned between the profile (48) and the support (44).

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BASIN COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE GLASS WALL

The present application relates to a basin comprising at least one glazed wall.

Document FR-2,978,180 discloses an overflow swimming pool with a glass wall.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, such a swimming pool 10 comprises a low wall 12 surmounted by a glass wall 14. This low wall 12 includes a lateral rebate 16 which has a heel 18, configured to receive the glass wall 14.

A membrane or a sealing coating 20 covers the bottom of the swimming pool, the lower part of the wall 12 and extends between the lateral rebate 16 and the glass wall 14. To ensure sealing, an compressible intermediate layer 22 of resilient material is disposed between the sealing membrane 20 and the glass wall 14.

Fasteners 24 are provided to connect each glass wall 14 to the wall 12. For this purpose, for each fastening 24, the glass wall 14 comprises a bore and the wall 12 a core. According to one embodiment, each attachment 24 is a bolt which comprises a screw whose head is disposed in a housing produced in the glass wall and a nut screwed onto the threaded rod of the screw and disposed in a housing produced in the wall. According to this embodiment, it is possible to dismantle the glazed wall 14.

Generally, a glazed wall 14 comprises several juxtaposed glazed panels whose upper edges 26 must be perfectly aligned. To this end, for each fixing 24, a clearance is provided on the one hand between said fixing 24 and the drilling of the glass wall 14 and on the other hand between said fixing 24 and the coring of the wall 12. If necessary, at least an adjustment wedge 28 is interposed between the heel 18 and one of the glazed panels to adjust the positioning of its upper edge 26. When the various glazed panels are correctly positioned, the fasteners 24 are tightened.

This embodiment is not fully satisfactory for the following reasons:

Drilling the glass wall increases its manufacturing cost and potentially constitutes a starting point for rupture.

Even if the heads of the screws are embedded in their housings, the faces of the heads of the screws remain visible, which detracts from the aesthetics.

Finally, the presence of adjustment shims 28 is not very aesthetic. In addition, this leads to leaving a small gap between the membrane and the glass wall which is conducive to the development of algae and very difficult to clean.

The present invention aims to remedy the drawbacks of the prior art.

To this end, the subject of the invention is a basin which comprises a support, at least one glazed wall, a junction connecting said glazed wall and the support, characterized in that the junction comprises a laying profile which comprises a body and a groove configured to accommodate the lower edge of the glazed wall, a connection connecting the laying profile to the support and a mechanical support configured to connect the glazed wall and the laying profile, said connection comprising several connecting elements connecting the body of the profile installation on the support, distributed along the length of the installation profile, and height-adjustable elements positioned between the profile and the support.

According to the invention, the glass wall does not include any drilling and can be dismantled. According to another aspect, the elements which allow the height adjustment are not visible and are hidden between the laying profile and the sole.

Other characteristics and advantages will emerge from the description which follows of the invention, description given by way of example only, with reference to the appended drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a section through a wall of a basin which illustrates an embodiment of the prior art,

FIG. 2 is a section through a junction zone between a low wall and a glazed wall according to the prior art,

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an overflow swimming pool which illustrates an embodiment of the invention,

FIG. 4 is a section through a junction zone between a low wall and a glazed wall which illustrates an embodiment of the invention,

FIG. 5 is a cross section of a laying profile which illustrates an embodiment of the invention, and

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the laying profile visible in FIG. 5.

FIG. 3 shows a rectangular overflow swimming pool 30 which includes a first small side 32, a first large side 34, a second small side 36 and a second large side 38. According to one configuration, the first small side 32 and the first long side 34 each comprises a solid wall that is opaque like a wall, while the second short side 36 and the second long side 38 each include a glass wall 40.

Of course, the invention is in no way limited to this use, to this form and to this configuration.

More generally, the invention applies to all basins which include at least one glazed wall 40. Thus, the basin can be a swimming pool, an aquarium or the like, the shapes of the basin can be more or less complex or the basin can be overflowing or not. As illustrated in FIG. 4, one side of the basin with a glazed wall 40 comprises a low wall 42 with, in the upper part, a support 44 on which the glazed wall 40 rests. As a variant, the glazed wall 40 can rest on the bottom of the basin.

Whatever the variant, the basin comprises a support 44 to which the glass wall 40 is connected. The support 44 is not necessarily positioned under the glass wall 40. Thus, the glass wall 40 can be positioned under the support 44

According to one embodiment, the glazed wall 40 is composed of several juxtaposed glazed panels connected two by two by a seal.

For the remainder of the description, the term “glazed wall” means a wall comprising at least one glazed panel.

According to one configuration, each glazed panel can comprise at least two laminated glass plates in order to prevent the wall of the basin from suddenly breaking.

However, the glass wall can be monolithic.

In known manner, the bottom of the basin and the inner face of the wall 42 are covered with a coating or a waterproofing membrane 46. For the rest, the term “coating” designates any sealing element.

According to a characteristic of the invention, the basin comprises a junction between the support 44 and the glass wall 40. This junction comprises a mounting profile 48 which provides the connection between the support 44 and the glass wall 40.

By way of example, this profile 48 is made of extruded aluminum alloy.

This profile 48 is positioned on the support 44. The junction between the support 44 and the glass wall comprises, in addition to the profile 48, a connection 50 connecting the profile 48 to the support 44 configured to allow the height adjustment of the glass wall 40 and a mechanical hold 52 to hold the glass wall 40 relative to the profile 48.

The profile 48 comprises in the lower part a body 54 and in the upper part a groove 56 configured to accommodate the lower edge of the glass wall 40.

The body 54 can be a full or hollow profile. The body 54 includes an upper face 58, a lower face 60, an inner face 62 oriented towards the pelvis and an outer face 64 opposite the inner face 62

The groove 56 comprises a first vertical wing 66, arranged in the extension of the internal face 62, connected perpendicularly to the upper face 58 and a second wing 68 parallel to the first wing 66, connected perpendicularly to the upper face 58.

According to a preferred configuration, the second wing 68 is offset inwards relative to the external face 64 of the body 54. According to this configuration, a reinforcing wall 70 connects the upper part of the second wing 68 and the external face 64 of the body 54.

The mechanical support 52 comprises, in addition to the groove 56, a plywood 72 and pressure elements 74 for pinching the glass wall 40 between the first wing 66 and the plywood 72. Thus, according to the invention, the glass wall 40 can be disassembled without the need to drill it.

Preferably, the mechanical support 52 comprises at least one intermediate layer 76, 76 ', 76 ”compressible in resilient material disposed between the first wing 66 and the glass wall 40 and / or between the upper face 58 of the body 54 and the glass wall 40 and / or between the plywood 72 and the glass wall 40.

Preferably, the pressure elements 74 are screws 78 which are screwed relative to the second wing 68 and whose end 80 bears against the plywood 72.

According to one embodiment, the second wing 68 comprises, for each screw 78, a tapped hole 82 into which the screw 78 is screwed. Each pressure element 74 includes a lock nut 84 to immobilize the screw 78 in rotation once it is tight.

According to one configuration, the mechanical support 52 comprises several pairs of screws 78, 78 'distributed over the length of the mounting profile 48. For example, the pairs of screws 78, 78' are arranged with a pitch of the order 300 mm.

For each pair of screws, the two screws 78, 78 'are arranged in the same transverse plane, a first screw 78 being disposed near the upper edge of the second wing 68, the second screw 78' being disposed near the lower edge of the second wing 68. Thus, the first screw 78 is positioned above the junction zone between the second wing 68 and the reinforcement wall 70. The second screw 78 'is positioned below the junction zone between the second wing 68 and the reinforcement wall 70, above the upper face 58. To allow access to the second screw 78 ', the reinforcement wall 70 includes a cutout for each second screw 78'.

To give an order of magnitude, for a glazed wall 40 with a height of the order of 1200 mm, the groove 56 has a height (dimension in the vertical direction) of the order of 120 mm.

According to a feature of the invention, the connection 50 comprises several connecting elements 86 distributed over the length of the profile 48 and elements adjustable in height 88 positioned between the profile 48 and the support 44. Unlike the prior art, the elements adjustable in height 88 are not visible and are not in contact with water.

According to one embodiment, each connecting element 86 comprises a threaded rod 90 of which a first end is integral with the support 44 which passes through the body 54 via a through hole 92 and a nut 94 positioned above the body 54 which is screwed on the second end of the threaded rod 90. For example, the threaded rod 90 is sealed in the support 44.

Advantageously, each height-adjustable element 88 is a height-adjustable foot which comprises a screw 96 which screws into a tapped hole 98 provided in the profile 48. Advantageously, a lock nut 100 is provided for immobilizing the screw 96 in rotation. once it is set.

According to a configuration visible in FIG. 6, the link 50 comprises a first series 102 of height-adjustable elements 88 positioned near the interior face 62, a second series 104 of height-adjustable elements 88 ′ positioned near the outer face 64. The connecting elements 86 are positioned in a third series 106 interposed between the first series 102 and the second series 104. According to one configuration, the height-adjustable elements 88 of the first series are arranged in a first line, the height-adjustable elements 88 ′ of the second series are arranged in a second line, the connecting elements 86 are arranged in a third line, the first, second and third lines being parallel to each other.

Preferably, the connection 50 comprises several pairs of elements adjustable in height 88, 88 ′, distributed over the length of the profile 48, for each couple, the elements adjustable in height being arranged in the same transverse plane, a first element adjustable in height 88 being positioned on the first line and the second height-adjustable element 88 'on the second line.

Advantageously, the connecting elements 86 are interposed between the pairs of height-adjustable elements 88, 88 ′.

As an indication, the pairs of elements adjustable in height 88, 88 ′ are distributed with a pitch of 300 mm, the connecting elements 86 being arranged equidistant from the pairs of elements adjustable in height 88, 88 ′.

To ensure better stability and recovery of forces, the connecting elements 86 are slightly spaced from the base of the glass wall 40. For example, the third line is spaced from the glass wall 40 by a distance of l '' order of 30 mm. Conversely, the elements adjustable in height 88 ′ of the second line are the furthest apart from the vertical line of the glass wall 40. For example, the second line of the elements adjustable in height 88 ′ is separated from the glass wall 40 by a distance of the order of 130 mm greater than or equal to the height of the groove 56.

According to another characteristic of the invention, each laying profile 48 can be electrically connected to the earth, either to the support 44 (more particularly to the reinforcement of the support), itself connected to the earth, or to an anode. positioned in a buffer tank. To this end, the junction between the support 44 and the glazed wall 40 comprises a metal braid 108, a first end of which is connected to the profile 48, in particular to one of the height-adjustable feet 88 ', and the other end of which is connected to support 44. This configuration makes it possible to limit the phenomena of corrosion.

In the presence of several laying profiles 48 arranged end to end, the latter are connected by fishplates 108.

To this end, each profile 48 comprises near its ends at least one groove

110. According to one configuration, each groove 110 extends over the entire length of the profile 48 and opens at each end of the profile 48. Each splint 108 is in the form of a metal blade which is housed, straddling two profiles 48 placed end to end, in the grooves 110.

According to another characteristic of the invention, the junction between the support 44 and the glazed wall 40 comprises at least a first cowling 112 arranged in the extension of the internal face 62, positioned astride the profile 48 and the support 44. According to one embodiment, the cowling 112 is in the form of an L-shaped angle iron with two wings 114, 116 perpendicular, a first end of the first wing 114 being housed in a groove 118 provided at the level of the profile 48, the second wing 116 having a suitable length to bear against the interior face of the wall 42. This first cowling 112 ensures continuity between the wall 42 and the profile 48 and the resumption of the pressure forces of the water on the sealing coating 46 .

Preferably, the junction between the support 44 and the glass wall 40 comprises a second cowling 120 disposed at the level of the external face of the profile 48, positioned astride the profile 48 and the support 44. According to one embodiment, the second cowling 120 is in the form of an L-shaped angle with two wings 122, 124 perpendicular, a first end of the first wing 122 being housed in a groove 126 provided at the level of the profile 48, the second wing 124 having an appropriate length to bear against the outside face of the low wall 42.

Advantageously, the junction between the support 44 and the glass wall 40 comprises a third cowling 128 which forms a box in which the profile 48 is positioned and which extends from the glass wall 40 to the second cowling 120. This third cowling 128 has an L-shaped profile with a first substantially horizontal wing 130 and a second substantially vertical wing 132, the first wing 130 having a curved edge 134 close to the glass wall 40, the second wing 132 having a curved edge 136 pressed against the first wing 122 of the second cowling 120 and the end of which is housed in the groove 126 of the profile 48.

According to another characteristic, to seal the basin, the sealing coating 46 covers the first cowling 112, the inner face 62, the face of the first wing 66 of the profile 48 oriented towards the basin and the face of the first wing 66 of the profile 48 oriented towards the outside of the basin by being pinched between the first wing 66 and the glass wall. The sealing coating 46 can be pinched between the first wing 66 and the compressible intermediate layer 76 of resilient material or between the compressible intermediate layer 76 of resilient material and the glass wall 40. A seal 138 can be provided between the sealing coating 46 and the glass wall 40, above the intermediate layer 76.

In the case of an overflow pool, the second and third covers 120 and 128 are covered with a sealing coating 140. The latter is pinched between the plywood 72 and the glass wall, ie between the intermediate layer 76 ”compressible in resilient material and plywood 72 or between the glass wall 40 and the compressible interlayer 76 ”of resilient material. Finally, the sealing coating 140 covers the second and third cowlings 120 and 128 and the external face of the wall 42. A sealing joint 142 can be provided between the sealing coating 140 and the glass wall 40, above the 76 ”interlayer.

Another possibility consists in ensuring continuity of the interior 46 and exterior 140 sealing coatings by putting a single continuous membrane under the intermediate layer 76 ′.

Claims (12)

1. Basin comprising a support (44), at least one glazed wall (40), a junction connecting said glazed wall (40) and the support (44), characterized in that the junction comprises a laying profile (48) which comprises a body (54) and a groove (56) configured to accommodate the lower edge of the glazed wall (40), a connection (50) connecting the mounting profile (48) to the support (44) and a mechanical support (52 ) configured to connect the glass wall (40) and the installation profile (48), said connection (50) comprising several connection elements (86) connecting the body (54) of the installation profile (48) to the support (44) , distributed over the length of the laying profile (48), and height-adjustable elements (88, 88 ') positioned between the profile (48) and the support (44). 2. Basin according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the connection (50) comprises a first series (102) of adjustable height elements (88) positioned near an inner face (62) of the body (54), a second series (104) of height-adjustable elements (88 ') positioned near an external face (64) of the body (54) and a third series (106) of connecting elements (86) disposed between the first and second series (102, 104). 3. Basin according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the connection (50) comprises several pairs of elements adjustable in height (88, 88 '), distributed over the length of the laying profile (48), for each couple, a first height-adjustable element (88) being positioned near the inner face (62) of the body (54), a second connecting element (88 ') being positioned near the outer face (64) of the body (54) , the connecting elements (86) being interposed between the pairs of adjustable height elements (88, 88 '). 4. Basin according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the height-adjustable elements (88) of the first series (102) are arranged in a first line slightly spaced from the glass wall (40) and in that the elements adjustable in height (88 ′) of the second series (104) are arranged in a second line as far apart as possible from the glass wall (40). 5. Basin according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the second line of elements adjustable in height (88 ') is spaced from the glass wall (40) by a distance greater than or equal to the height of the groove (56) . ίο 6. Basin according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mechanical support (52) comprises a plywood (72) and pressure elements (74) for pinching the glass wall (40) between a first wing (66) of the groove (56) and the plywood (72) and at least one compressible intermediate layer (76, 76 ', 76' ') disposed between the 5 first wing (66) and the glass wall (40) and / or between the upper face (58) and the glass wall (40) and / or between the plywood (72) and the glass wall (40). 7. Basin according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises several laying profiles (48) arranged end-to-end, connected in pairs by at least one splint (108). 10 8. Basin according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the junction between the support (44) and the glass wall (40) comprises at least a first cowling (112) arranged in the extension of a first wing (66 ) of the groove (56) and positioned astride the mounting profile (48) and the support (44). 9. Basin according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it comprises a first 15 sealing coating (46) which covers the basin, the first cowling (112), a first face of the first wing (66) of the groove (56) and which is pinched between the second face of the first wing (66 ) of the groove (56) and the glass wall (40). 10. Basin according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the junction between the support (44) and the glass wall (40) comprises a second cover (120) disposed at the edge 20 outside of the profile (48), positioned astride the profile (48) and the support (44) and a third cover (128) which forms a box in which is positioned the laying profile (48) and which extends from the glass wall (40) to the second cowling (120). 11. Basin according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it comprises a second sealing coating (140) which covers the second and third cowlings 25 (120, 128). 12. Basin according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the junction between the support (44) and the glass wall (40) comprises a metal braid (108), a first end of which is connected to the laying profile (48) and a second end of which is electrically connected to earth. 112 2/2