Classifications

• • 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
  • E04H4/14—Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for
• • 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
  • E04H4/12—Devices or arrangements for circulating water, i.e. devices for removal of polluted water, cleaning baths or for water treatment
  • E04H4/1209—Treatment of water for swimming pools

Definitions

• the invention relates to the technical sector of swimming pools.
• in-ground pools there are essentially two main types which will be referred to below, traditional pools and spill pools. With regard to above-ground pools, their operation is identical to traditional pools.
• a traditional swimming pool includes a basin, the walls of which have one or more mouths or skimmers through which all of the water is sucked and filtered and then pumped back into the basin.
• the swimming pool basin can be connected to an external technical room where the pumping and filtration means are housed, which are connected to the swimming pool basin by suitable pipes.
• this buffer stock is built in the form of a tank located under the weir.
• the water recycling circuit that is to say the filtration and suction circuit, remains conventional, the water being pumped into the weir tank and discharged by nozzles immersed in the pool.
• a spill pool to date, is still connected to a conventional recycling circuit, requiring an external technical room and different connecting pipes, between this room and the pool .
• the invention aims to remedy these drawbacks in a simple, safe, efficient and rational, easily industrializable.
• the problem which the invention proposes to solve, in the case of a so-called overflow swimming pool is to eliminate the various connection pipes, with an external technical room, with the aim of producing an assembly ready for use. compact and autonomous, integrating the different functions necessary for circulation, storage and filtration of water from the overflow panel or wall of the swimming pool basin.
• It includes an autonomous receiving element having coupling arrangements with one of the pool panels arranged to act as a weir.
• the element has a length and a shape which correspond substantially to those of said panel.
• the element has at least one part capable of collecting and storing water coming from the swimming pool basin.
• the element is in communication with a compact block capable of pumping and filtering the water from said element and its discharge into the pool of the pool by means of arrangements of said element.
• the receiving element has two separate parts, an upper part in direct communication with the overflow panel and which acts as a collector and a lower part which acts as buffer stock, said parts being in communication via a filter.
• the compact block pumping and filtration is constituted by an independent block coupled in a sealed manner to the receiving element in the communication and cooperation position of water suction and discharge arrangements.
• the block has arrangements for the circulation of water and the installation of the pumping, filtration and treatment means of the 'water.
• the arrangements of the block are constituted by recesses formed in the thickness of the block and able to act as conduits for the circulation of water and housings for the installation of pumping, filtration, water treatment means, level gauges and non-return devices (check valve) required for operation.
• the functional block due to its design, avoids the use of various added pipes for the circulation of water, with sealed connection members. Its compactness also reduces pressure losses in the hydraulic circuit.
• the lower part of the collecting element is in communication with at least one pipe connected to the pumping to direct the water at the level of the filtration arrangements and to discharge it into the basin by means of at least one pipe which has said collecting element.
• the pipe or pipes of the collecting element consist of recesses formed in the thickness of said element and in communication with the inside the tank by means of discharge nozzles.
• the receiving element and the overflow panel constitute a compact unitary block in one piece, or the receiving element and the overflow panel are independent.
• the receiving element has a substantially square external cross section, delimiting at the upper part an internal section of U-shaped section, corresponding to the collector part and, at the lower part, an internal section of polygonal or circular section. corresponding to the buffer stock part.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the adaptation of the assembly according to the invention, to a spill pool.
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the assembly incorporating the overflow panel.
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the assembly adapted to a spillway wall of a swimming pool constructed in a conventional manner.
• FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the assembly.
• FIG. 5 is, on a larger scale, a cross-sectional view taken along line 5.5 of Figure 4.
• FIG. 6 is a perspective view in partial section of the functional block.
• FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the adaptation of the assembly to a swimming system against the current.
• FIG. 10 is a perspective view, before assembly, of a part of the receiving element and the functional technical unit.
• Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view similar to Figure 5, showing a preferred embodiment of the section of the receiving element.
• a swimming pool of the overflow type that is to say one of whose sides allows the overflow and the overflow of pond water, for recycling by means of a pumping and filtration unit.
• the pool of the pool as such can be produced in different geometric shapes and, in known manner, either by means of load-bearing concrete walls, or by means of modular panels of various materials.
• the specific object of the invention is to be found in the pumping and filtration assembly, integrating the collection and storage functions, which form a compact and autonomous assembly shaped either to be attached and coupled to the existing weir panel or to integrate at the time of its manufacture, a weir panel, as will be indicated in the following description.
• the circulation and filtration pumping assembly comprises an autonomous receiving element (1) arranged to collect and store the water coming from the swimming pool basin.
• This block (1) has a length at least equal to that of the panel whose upper part is arranged to allow the discharge of water from the swimming pool basin.
• the receiving element (1) has directly during its manufacture, a part (2) formed to constitute the wall or panel of the swimming pool with, at its upper edge, a weir lip (2a).
• the receiving element (1) and the panel (2) constitute one and the same module arranged in a single piece.
• the receiving element (1) consists of two separate parts, namely an upper part (la) and a lower part (lb).
• the part upper (the) constitutes a chute intended to receive the water fall from the weir (2a).
• This chute (la) has a U-shaped profiled cross section.
• One end of the chute (la) has a communication orifice with a lower part (lb) which acts as buffer stock.
• the communication orifice receives a filtration system (3) shaped, for example, to stop the leaves and other waste and particles.
• the bottom of the chute (la) can be grooved longitudinally to allow the support of a grating, tiling, pebble bed or any other decorative elements desired.
• the lower part (lb) which acts as a buffer stock is constituted, in the example illustrated, by a reservoir of polygonal internal section (FIG. 11) or substantially circular (FIG. 5) and formed in the thickness of the element.
• the receiving element (1) can have different shapes of cross section, but advantageously has a quadrangular shape, in particular square.
• This receiving element (1) is in communication, in a sealed manner, with a functional technical unit (4) shaped to ensure the treatment and circulation of water.
• the compact block (4) is therefore tightly coupled to the receiving element, in the communication and cooperation position, with water suction and delivery arrangements.
• the block (4) has arrangements (4a) and (4b) for the circulation of water and arrangements (4c) for the establishment of different means capable of ensuring pumping, filtration and possibly treatment, level gauges and anti-water return device (4th).
• the arrangements for the circulation of water consist of recesses formed in the thickness of the block (4) and capable of acting as conduits (4a) and (4b), respectively for the suction and the discharge of the water. These pipes are themselves in communication with recesses (4c) which receive the pumping means (5), the filtration means (6) and possibly the water treatment means and other devices (7).
• the pump motor (5) is located outside the assembly of the block (4), for obvious reasons of safety and maintenance.
• the recess (4a) for the suction of the water is located at the base of the block (4) and is in communication with the bottom of the storage tank (lb).
• the discharge recess (4b) is in communication with at least one pipe presented by the collector-storage element.
• this delivery pipe is constituted by a tabular orifice (ld) pierced longitudinally in the thickness of the receiving element.
• the receiving element may have four rectilinear orifices (ld) drilled at the four angles of said element (1). This orifice (ld) is in communication with outlet openings (le) cooperating with the overflow panel (2) and opening into the bottom of the basin.
• the technical unit (4) as described has any accessory for the recirculation of the necessary water, for the supply of clean water, for the evacuation to the sewer (12), overflows and purges, as well as any suitable valve system (13) and (14).
• the pump is subject to any electronic control system, in order to operate according to a programmable cycle at will.
• a suction socket (11) for the broom can be mounted on the technical unit or in the upper part of the weir wall (2).
• the overflow wall (2), fitted directly with the assembly consisting of the receiving element (1) and the technical unit (4), is mounted with the other constituent panels of the swimming pool basin, by any appropriate means, depending on the nature and design of the panels selected for the realization of the swimming pool basin.
• the receiving element (1) with its block (4) may not include weir panels (2), in order to be adapted under the weir which the original presents. pool wall ( Figure 3).
• the operation of the pumping and filtration assembly is particularly simple.
• the water in the swimming pool falls by gravity by means of the weir (2a) into the upper trough (la), in order to fill, as it flows, the lower tube (lb) which acts as stock buffer. Any leaves or other waste are retained by the filter (3).
• the pump (5) When the pump (5) is started, the water from the tube (lb) is sucked through the line (4a) to be directed by means of the pump (5), through the filtration system (6) and the treatment zone (7), then driven back through the pipe (s) (ld) in the bottom of the swimming pool basin by the different outlets (le).
• FIG. 10 shows an embodiment of the technical unit (4) with its various internal arrangements.
• the overflow wall (2) can be extended by a panel (8) comprising a counter-current swimming system (9) or high-speed massage jets.
• This counter current swimming system (9) can also be in the form of a complementary technical unit capable of being coupled to the previous technical unit (4), in coaxial alignment.
• this counter-current swimming block cooperates with a water supply pipe (8a), with a discharge pipe, and with a discharge pipe (8b) (FIG. 7).
• the whole of the receiving element (1) has a shape corresponding to that of the overflow panel (2).
• the receiving element (1) and the overflow panel (2) can be entirely rectilinear ( Figures 1, 2 and 3), or have a curved shape ( Figure 8) or constitute a corner element
• the assembly (1) can also be arranged at the level of the swimming pool water line in order to obtain a level water surface called "mirror swimming pool".
• the pumping and filtration assembly adaptable to a spill pool has many advantages: -
• the receiver being of constant profile, can be obtained by spinning or by extrusion. It can also be obtained by molding.
• the segments can be easily butted to allow adaptation to length standards, or to measure.
• the end pieces connecting with the technical unit can be injected or molded.
• the technical unit is made up of a massive part, the internal hollow shapes of which are determined to ensure the various functions necessary for filtration, treatment and aspiration of water, in combination with suction and repression.
• the block receives internally and / or externally, the various elements necessary for each of the functions sought: grids or membranes, filter cartridges, sand, baskets and filtering materials electrolysis or ozonization equipment, turbines, level gauges, check valve -return ... -
• certain functions of the technical block can be integrated into the storage (1).
• the storage (1) can also act as a sand filter, or allow the installation of specific water purification devices such as, for example, ultraviolet generators.
• the discharge line (s) (ld) may be in communication with an adapter (10 ) mounted at the end of said receiving element, in order to be driven back by means of a suitable pipe in the bottom of the basin in particular.

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