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
  • E04H4/06—Safety devices; Coverings for baths
  • E04H4/08—Coverings consisting of rigid elements, e.g. coverings composed of separate or connected elements
  • E04H4/086—Sliding covers
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
  • B61D39/00—Wagon or like covers; Tarpaulins; Movable or foldable roofs
  • B61D39/002—Sliding or folding roofs
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B19/00—Arrangements or adaptations of ports, doors, windows, port-holes, or other openings or covers
  • B63B19/12—Hatches; Hatchways
  • B63B19/14—Hatch covers
  • B63B19/19—Hatch covers foldable

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of pleasure pools such as those used for swimming pools, spas etc .. and including adaptations to ensure coverage in the best conditions. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
• shelters for pleasure pools such as those used for swimming pools, spas, etc., which, formed of roof elements, are capable of passing from an extended position where the elements of roof are arranged juxtaposed and where the basin is covered, at a stacked position where the roof elements are arranged one above the other and where the basin is partially or completely uncovered.
• the depth and therefore the cost of this pit will depend on the height of the volume formed by the stacking of the elements of the roof. roof.
• Part of the volume defined by the stack is in particular due to the presence of rolling means which facilitate the translational movement of the roof elements above the basin during their passage from one arrangement to another.
• These rolling means must maintain the rim of the roof element at a sufficient height relative to the upper surface of the rim of the basin so that no obstacle comes to impede the translational movements.
• the rims that form conventionally the rim of the basins are likely to constitute an upward projecting volume requiring that the rolling means raise the roof elements relative to the upper rim of the basin.
• These bearing means then contribute largely to the not insignificant height of the volume constituted by the roof elements in stacked position.
• the pool enclosure described in the document WO02 / 0884490 consists of roof elements equipped on their flanges with rolling means circulating on a preformed displacement path in the vertical edges of the basin itself, a displacement path allowing the displacement elements of roof without obstacle since the race is carried out in the limits of the basin. These roof elements therefore need to move at a great height relative to the bearing surface of the rolling means (difference in height required in the case of obstacle such as a lip).
• the cover elements described in the document DE 202005012810 are equipped on their flanges with rolling means whose support surface is at least at the same level or above the lower surface of the cover elements thus ensuring a stack without discomfort. caused by the rolling means.
• Decrease of excessive volume taken by roofing or roofing elements in stacked position because of the presence of the rolling means does not arise for the configurations described in these two documents.
• DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION It being noted, the Applicant has conducted research on an ornamental pond shelter likely to have a reduced volume in a stacked position. This research led to the design of an ornamental pond shelter such as swimming pool, spa, etc.
• roof elements which, formed of roof elements, is capable of passing from an extended position where the roof elements are arranged juxtaposed and where the pool is covered, to a stacked position where the roof elements are arranged one above the other and where the basin is partially or completely uncovered, said roof elements comprising two transverse cross-sections of longitudinal cross members with the so-called extreme crosspieces disposed at the ends of said profiles resting on the rim of the basin via means of
• These rollers are constituted by rollers, which is remarkable in that the rollers are mounted on rollers supports foldably mounted relative to the end rails so as to allow their retraction during the stacking of the roof elements.
• This feature is particularly advantageous in that it meets the objectives of the invention which is the reduction of the volume of stacked roof elements by retraction of the rolling means during stacking.
• the height of the caster supports no longer participates in the height of the stack and therefore in its volume. The volume of such a stack is thus greatly reduced.
• the roof elements pass from a juxtaposed position to a stacked position by means of a motorized device ensuring the translational movement and the stacking by the bottom ie by lifting the roof element or elements previously stacked and insertion by translation at the bottom of the stack, the next roof element and vice versa.
• the height of the roof elements and the stroke of the lifting device are such that the roof element supported by its rolling means and inserted from the bottom comes into contact with the rolling means of the roof element located at the bottom of the pile and raised to ensure in its translational movement, the retraction of the rolling means of said raised element.
• the wheel support is preformed with an oblong hole allowing both the translation and the pivot connection with respect to a shaft fixed to the end cross member.
• the end cross is preformed of a reception zone of the upper end of said wheel support when the roof element rests on its rolling means.
• said end cross member is preformed with a longitudinal U profile in which the upper end of said support slides, stops being disposed on either side of said upper end of the support. of roulette to guide it in translation.
• the high end of the support is constituted by a parallelepipedal profile whose planar surfaces participate in translational guidance.
• the transverse profiles can indifferently be bent, folded or rectilinear. Nevertheless, as this - -
• the invention is particularly justified for a shelter adopting roof elements of flattened shape.
• the roof elements forming a support frame to the filling panels which constitute large horizontal flat surfaces are likely to present difficulties for the evacuation of runoff water.
• the Applicant has devised a shelter where the edges of the roof elements are not at the same height so that the inclination created facilitates and orients the evacuation of water received by the roof element.
• Such a particularly judicious configuration would pose problems for a stacking solution due to an accumulated inclination while the retraction of the roulette supports allows a flat stack.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing of a general perspective view of an embodiment according to the invention of a flat shelter in the deployed position
• FIG. 2 is a drawing of the flat shelter of FIG. folded position where the roof elements are stacked at one end of the basin
• Figure 3 is a schematic drawing of a perspective view of an embodiment of a single roof element
• Figure 4 is a schematic drawing of a front view of a roof element in a configuration
• Figure 5 is a schematic drawing of a sectional front view of a roller support cooperating with the end beam, the support being engaged in the slide connection
• Figure 6 is a schematic drawing of a external side view of the same support in the same position
• Figure 7 is a schematic drawing of a sectional front view of the support module released from the slide connection
• Figure 8 is a schematic drawing of an external side view.
• FIGS. 1 and 2 are schematic drawings of an external side view of the same support in the retracted position
• Figures 10, 11, 12, 13 are schematic views drawings in section of roofing elements during stacking by means of a motorized device.
• DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As illustrated in the drawing of FIGS. 1 and 2, a shelter referenced A is placed above a pleasure pool referenced B of the swimming pool type. This shelter A is formed of roof elements I which are capable of passing from an extended position where the roof elements i are arranged juxtaposed and where the basin B is covered as illustrated by FIG. 1, to a stacked position where the I roof elements are arranged one above the other on a storage area at the end of the basin and where the basin B is partially or completely discovered as shown in Figure 2.
• the device D comprises two sets of movement arranged on either side of the roof elements and providing synchronized movement.
• the shelter A is of the flat type and is composed of roof elements I planes, a copy of which is illustrated in FIG.
• said roofing element I consists of a rigid structure 100 framing and supporting one or more filler panels 200.
• the rigid structure 100 comprises two transverse sections 110 and 120 braced with longitudinal cross members 130 with sleepers 140 and 150 said extreme disposed at the ends of said profiles 110 and 120 coming to rest on the edge of the basin B via rolling means 300 comprising rollers 310. These rollers are oriented to roll in a path parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pool.
• each end cross member 140 and 150 accommodates a pair of rolling means 300 which provides support and facilitates the movement of the roof element over the pool of the roof element.
• these end rails are further preformed or equipped in the upper part to position and support the wheels of a roofing element piled up.
• these sleepers are preformed or equipped to provide hooking means to the motorized device participating in the elevation required for one stack.
• the transverse profiles 110 and 120 are preformed or equipped so as to allow their punctual attachment between them when they are arranged and they move in juxtaposed position and allow their release during stacking. These profiles are also preformed or equipped so that the profile of a roof element covers or is covered by the profile of the adjacent roof element.
• connection between the rolling means 300 and the end rails of the roof elements is detailed below with reference to drawings illustrating more particularly the connection between a rolling means.
• this connection is made under the surface of the roof element I at the inner face of the profile forming said end cross member 150.
• the wheel 310 is associated with a wheel support 320 forming a vertical leg, which cooperates in two connections with the extreme crossbar
• the wheel support 320 is preformed with an oblong hole 321 allowing both the translation and the pivot connection relative to a shaft 340 fixed to the end cross member.
• This oblong hole 321 is preformed so that its elongation is oriented vertically and to define a travel in translation or when the roof element I rests on its wheels, the support 320 is engaged in the elements 330 constituting the slide connection and where, when the roof element I is raised, the support 320 driven by its mass emerges from said constituent elements 330 of the slideway until the upper end of the oblong hole 321 abuts against the shaft 340.
• the shape rounded ends of the slot 321 facilitates the pivoting of the wheel support 320.
• the pivot shaft 340 is constituted by a screw which, cooperating with a threaded sleeve 341 housed in the crosspiece 150, is equipped with a head 342.
• This head 342 prevents the support 320 is released from its pivot connection and limits its transverse movements to ensure that once returned to the upright position, the upper end of the roulette support slips into the constituent elements 330 of the slide.
• the end cross member 150 is in fact preformed with a reception zone of the upper end of said wheel support 320 when the roof element I rests on its wheels.
• This reception area consists of two parts: a preformed part in the crossbar limiting transverse translational movements and another part that is fixed to the cross member and guiding the vertical translation of the upper end of the support while preventing rotation about the axis 340.
• the 150 is preformed with a longitudinal U-shaped profile 151 in which the upper end of said support 320 slides.
• the second part consists of two stops disposed on either side of said upper end of the wheel support 320 to guide it in translation. These two stops 351 and 352 are joined in pairs on one and the same caliper 350 facilitating their installation and ensuring their spacing.
• This parallelepiped are chamfered to facilitate the insertion of the upper end of the wheel support 320 in the reception area.
• the roulette support 320 adopts symmetrical recesses 322 whose function is to prevent the body of the support 320 from coming into contact with the abutments 351 or 352 during its rotation and prevents its retraction under the roof element I.
• a first element roofing I is already engaged in the motorized stacking device D and is arranged in the high position.
• the supports 320 are free to rotate.
• a roof element I ' is inserted from the bottom of the stack according to the arrow Fl.
• the height of the roof element I 'resting on its wheels and that of the rolling means 300 in the lower position of the first roof element I are defined so that in its translational movement the element of roof I 'comes into contact with the rollers of said rolling means 300 of said first element and ensures the folding and retraction of said rolling means of said first element I as illustrated in the drawing of FIG. 12.
• the upper roof element I can rest directly and without the intermediary of its rolling means 300 on the lower roof element I 'which rests on its own rolling means.
• the edges of the roof element I are not at the same height so that the inclined plane facilitates and orients the evacuation of water received by the element of roof.
• This characteristic is implemented by means of a roof element identical to those described above, but where the caster supports are longer on one side of the roof element with respect to the other.
• the material of the filling panel (s) matters little and is selected according to the situation and the wishes of the customer, the materials already envisaged are listed below:

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