US3596295A - Ice protection system for swimming pools - Google Patents

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US3596295A
US3596295A US861050A US3596295DA US3596295A US 3596295 A US3596295 A US 3596295A US 861050 A US861050 A US 861050A US 3596295D A US3596295D A US 3596295DA US 3596295 A US3596295 A US 3596295A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
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    • E04H4/06—Safety devices; Coverings for baths
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    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
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  • the invention recognizes that pool damage is caused by pressures from ice expansion as a strong layer of ice thickens downward into the pool water.
  • the invention suggests a passageway extending from below the expected lower level of ice on the pool to above the level of the ice with means for heating the interior of the passageway to keep it from freezing and with an opening into the passageway in the below-ice region and an opening from the passageway above the ice so that water forced up the passageway from below the ice can escape above the ice.
  • the passageway is a tube having the proper openings and containing an electric heating element.
  • FIG. 1 is a partially schematic, fragmentary view of a preferred embodiment of the inventive swimming pool ice protection device arranged in a swimming pool;
  • FIG. 2 is a cross section of the device of FIG. 1 taken along the line 2-2 thereof;
  • FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram for a preferred embodiment of an electrical heating system for the inventive device.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are partially schematic elevational views of alternative preferred embodiments of the inventive device.
  • the inventive protection device includes a hollow tube 11 forming a water passageway from inlet holes 12 near the bottom of tube 11 to outlet holes 13 bear the top of tube 11.
  • a buoyant body 14 surrounds tube 11 and floats tube 11 in a swimming pool, and a weight 15 at the bottom of tube 11 insures that tube 11 remains vertical in the pool.
  • an electric heating element 16 is supported by a holder 17 inside of tube 11.
  • Tube 11 is preferably formed of a length of polyvinylchloride tubing, and holder 17 is preferably extruded of polypropylene in a suitable cross-sectional shape to support heating element 16 inside tube 11.
  • holder 17 is preferably extruded of polypropylene in a suitable cross-sectional shape to support heating element 16 inside tube 11.
  • other materials and configurations can be used for tube 11, holder 17, and heating element 16.
  • Heating element 16 is connected to a source of electrical energy through cord 18 and cap 19, and a pilot light 20 is preferably arranged on cap 19 to indicate that heating element 16 is in operation.
  • a preferred circuit for heating element 16 is shown in FIG. 3, where a source 21 of preferably residential 120 volts AC is stepped down by transformer 22 to preferably 12 volts for safety and economy. Pilot lamp 20 is arranged in series with heating element 16 so that inspection can determine that heating element 16 is actually energized. If desired, a thermostatic-controlled switch 23 can also be added in series with heating element 16 to energize heating element 16 only when power is needed.
  • the device of FIG. 1 is supported by float 14 vertically in pool water 25 and is made sufficiently long so that bottom inlet holes 12 are below the expected lower level of ice 26 forming on pool water 25.
  • Outlet holes 13 open above float 14 and above ice 26, and heating element 16 keeps the interior of tube 23 from freezing so that a liquid passageway is formed between inlet holes 12 and outlet holes 13.
  • ice 26 As ice 26 forms across the top of pool water 25, it gradually forms a structural layer strong enough to resist great pressures." With increasing cold, ice 26 increases in thickness on its under side and, as each increment of water freezes on the under side of ice layer 36, it forms an expanded volume of ice exerting pressure on pool water 25 trapped below ice layer 26. Since water 25 cannot be compressed, something must give as ice layer 26 thickens, and often the walls of the pool are damaged as they yield to the pressure thus created.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show alternative arrangements for supporting the inventive device.
  • Tube 31 is similar to tube 11 except that it is open at its bottom 32 and is supported on coping 33 by bracket 34 so that outlet holes 35 are above the level of ice layer 36 formed over water 37 held within pool walls 38.
  • bracket 34 so that outlet holes 35 are above the level of ice layer 36 formed over water 37 held within pool walls 38.
  • Tube 41 is similar to tubes 11 and 31 and is arranged to stand on pool bottom 42 on support 43 having an opening 44 to admit water 45 to the bottom of tube 41 for passage upward through ice layer 46 and out of discharge openings 47.
  • Tube 1 41 is heated and operated the same as tubes 11 and 31.
  • tubes forming the inventive passageway can have a variety of inlet and outlet openings and can be formed and supported in many ways, different heating elements can be arranged in different ways inside a tube, and a variety of materials and constructions can be used.
  • a system for protecting a swimming pool from ice damage comprising:
  • passageway means having a liquid inlet opening below said ice structure for admitting water displaced from below said ice structure by the growth of said ice structure so said displaced water can follow said liquid P c. said passageway means having a liquid outlet opening elevated above said ice structure to permit said displaced water forced up said liquid path to escape through said outlet above said ice structure;
  • said liquid path and said outlet opening being substantially limited to a size safely large enough to accommodate the maximum expected flow of said displaced water during the most rapid expected growth of said ice structure.
  • passageway means comprises a tube disposed to freeze into said ice structure.
  • an electric circuit for said heating element includes a transformer arranged to step down residential voltage to a lower voltage for said heating element.

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US4101987A (en) * 1976-11-29 1978-07-25 Real Gagnon Damage preventive device for swimming pools
US5417016A (en) * 1993-08-16 1995-05-23 Quaker Plastic Corporation Cover for openings contiguous to a swimming pool
US5799343A (en) * 1994-10-26 1998-09-01 Semco; Stanley A. Universal skimmer ice protector
US6009573A (en) * 1997-12-31 2000-01-04 Thibault; Arnold F. Safety diffuser for pool suction inlet
US20050121645A1 (en) * 2003-11-19 2005-06-09 Prescott Mark R. De-icer apparatus
US20090314787A1 (en) * 2008-06-19 2009-12-24 Reusche Thomas K Deicer anchoring system

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US2984237A (en) * 1958-06-02 1961-05-16 Green Colonial Inc Stock tank heater
US3194229A (en) * 1962-06-29 1965-07-13 Donald R Borgeson Portable submersible swimming pool heater
US3204630A (en) * 1963-02-18 1965-09-07 Lewis L Rydeen Ice fishing device
US3266485A (en) * 1964-04-13 1966-08-16 C M Kemp Mfg Co Recirculating immersion heater
US3407283A (en) * 1965-10-22 1968-10-22 Charles P Mcmanus Ice fishing hole heating device
US3411163A (en) * 1966-01-21 1968-11-19 Henry S. Myers Jr. Swimming pool heater

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US2984237A (en) * 1958-06-02 1961-05-16 Green Colonial Inc Stock tank heater
US3194229A (en) * 1962-06-29 1965-07-13 Donald R Borgeson Portable submersible swimming pool heater
US3204630A (en) * 1963-02-18 1965-09-07 Lewis L Rydeen Ice fishing device
US3266485A (en) * 1964-04-13 1966-08-16 C M Kemp Mfg Co Recirculating immersion heater
US3407283A (en) * 1965-10-22 1968-10-22 Charles P Mcmanus Ice fishing hole heating device
US3411163A (en) * 1966-01-21 1968-11-19 Henry S. Myers Jr. Swimming pool heater

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US4101987A (en) * 1976-11-29 1978-07-25 Real Gagnon Damage preventive device for swimming pools
US5417016A (en) * 1993-08-16 1995-05-23 Quaker Plastic Corporation Cover for openings contiguous to a swimming pool
US5799343A (en) * 1994-10-26 1998-09-01 Semco; Stanley A. Universal skimmer ice protector
US6009573A (en) * 1997-12-31 2000-01-04 Thibault; Arnold F. Safety diffuser for pool suction inlet
US20050121645A1 (en) * 2003-11-19 2005-06-09 Prescott Mark R. De-icer apparatus
US20090314787A1 (en) * 2008-06-19 2009-12-24 Reusche Thomas K Deicer anchoring system
US8121466B2 (en) * 2008-06-19 2012-02-21 Allied Precision Industries, Inc. Deicer anchoring system

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