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DESCRIPTION
Solid wooden or plywood swimming pool.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
This invention refers to a solid wooden or plywood
swimming pool, made from solid wooden beams, boards or
similar solid or laminated materials, which are stacked
and fitted together, making a swimming pool that can be
installed either indoors or outdoors.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The swimming pool sector is very diverse, with
built swimming pools, i.e., basically made of bricks and
cement, as well as polymer or fibreglass swimming pools
made in moulds and swimming pools made with metal
plates. However, current swimming pools require space
and work levelling the terrain, etc. that make them
costly.
Current wooden swimming pools have the problem that
for the walls to bear the water pressure and maintain
stability, they have to be polygonal in shape, an
octagon for example, with angles greater than 90
requiring bracing elements, implying more work and
materials, with the resulting increased cost.
In addition, fibreglass and metal swimming pools
have the drawback of their size when installing them,
because access can often be difficult.
However, the swimming pool described in this
invention, allows the use of any difference in level of
the terrain, and of any space, from a minimum surface
area, and any configuration, as well as being highly
ecological.
Additionally, the wooden swimming pool in the
present invention, having a very solid wall structure
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and not needing bracing supports means that the walls
can form 90 angles, in rectangular or square shape, for
instance. In addition, there are no problems to take the
boards to the construction site of the swimming pool.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The inventors and holders of the present invention
regarding a swimming pool, also hold previous inventions
related to this swimming pool.
Thus, the inventors hold the following Spanish
patents no. 200500631 which refers to a "System for
assembling boards for forming structures" which enables
any type of structure to be built; no. 200502342, which
refers to a "System of construction for walls for making
tanks and similar objects", and no. 200701239, which
refers to a "System for building movable flower boxes
and similar items".
The aforementioned previous patents held by the
inventors and holders of the present invention, have
also patented a system (denominated "ROIPE System") for
the construction of walls for any application, including
those used for tanks or others, which can contain
liquids, especially water.
As indicated in this description, claims and
designs, the same aforementioned system of construction
is used for the construction of the walls of the
swimming pool. However, this invention presents
technical and special features, for the construction of
swimming pools described in it, which are different from
known swimming pools.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention solves known swimming pool
construction problems by applying the aforementioned
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system of inventions, and it provides an ecological
swimming pool, built of solid wooden or plywood, made of
boards, beams and similar solid or laminated elements,
worked on one by one, producing a high quality swimming
pool.
This swimming pool is built using the
aforementioned "ROIPE system", based on boards stacked
and joined together, using studded rods or similar
elements spaced apart and joining the superimposed
boards from top to bottom, securing them together by
tightening with nuts and/or plates/washers and similar
elements, at top and bottom, and distributed in
intermediate positions, these boards can be placed
discontinuously, i.e., in accordance with the length of
the board or of the wall to be built, without the
construction of the wall needing the end joints of the
consecutive horizontal boards to coincide horizontally.
Hence, the assembled boards, when tightened down,
form a corresponding continuous, preferably vertical,
wall, with studs or similar devices of a length
corresponding to the height of the wall and if they are
shorter than the height of the wall, this is done by
means of extensions by axial coupling of several section
of studded rod or sections of studded rod at different
levels and staggered if necessary, at the ends of which
the corresponding nuts and washers are fitted. Of the
rows of stacked and assembled boards, the lower row
rests directly on the ground or directly on a concrete
floor, or directly on concrete flooring made on the
terrain with the studded rods embedded /anchored to the
concrete flooring, and the corresponding wall is formed
from the lower row, by placing the stacked boards onto
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the spaced out studs, so that the boards of each wall
and the boards of all the walls forming the outline of
the swimming pool are "sewn" together, forming a solid
and strong unit. Then, a flexible sheet of waterproof
material lines the inside of the walls and the floor
between these walls; this sheet material is kept in
place along the edge by means of an upper support strip.
The upper edge of the swimming pool has a rim or
finishing trim, which covers the ends of the studs,
nuts, and washers, and the aforementioned upper support
strip.
According to the present invention, the plurality
of stacked boards which form the pool walls have in
opposite superimposed surfaces complementary
longitudinal and/or transversal recesses or channels for
housing water pipes, electric cables or similar elements
between them and transversal coupling elbow joints for
fitting filtering elements, upper and lower suction
pipes, pumping water into or out of the pool and for
light fittings for the inside of the pool. The filtering
elements being visible on the inner walls of the pool,
with their pipes located inside the walls that
constitute the structure of the pool.
The invention establishes that the stacked boards
which form the pool walls and that have complementary
recesses or channels, also have on the inner face of the
walls some grooves into which the aforementioned
filtration, suction, pumping, capturing, illumination
and other similar elements are fitted and which are
flush with the inner face.
According to the invention, on one of the side
walls of pool, the body of the upper suction element or
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skimmer is fitted, whose mouth is on the inner face of
the swimming pool basin, and the pumping mechanisms such
as the equipment for pumping or treating the water such
as filtering, ultraviolet and others, which are
5 connected to said pipes via elbow-shaped conduits which
project from the side wall.
In addition, the mentioned mechanisms, equipment
and the water recirculation and filtration motor are in
a protective cabinet that can be used as a gangway.
These and other characterizing features will be
best made apparent by the following detailed description
whose understanding will be made easier by the
accompanying two sheets of drawings showing a practical
embodiment being cited only by way of example not
limiting the scope of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the site when
beginning to build the swimming pool this invention
refers to.
Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but when the
swimming pool is practically finished or in an advanced
stage of construction.
Figure 3 is a section elevation view depicting the
construction of the swimming pool walls.
Figure 4 illustrates a slightly upper perspective
view of the walls joining at a 90 angle in the swimming
pool, illustrating the complementary recesses or
channels for pipes and wires, in one of the boards of
the pair of stacked and assembled boards.
Figure 4A is a view taken along the plane IV-IV in
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Figure 4.
Figure 5 illustrates another view similar to figure
4 and for a similar purpose.
Figure 5A is a view taken along the plane V-V in
Figure 5.
Figure 6 illustrates a view similar to figures 4
and 5 and for a similar purpose.
Figure 6A is a view taken along the plane VI-VI in
Figure 6.
Figure 7 is a view from inside the swimming pool
facing one of its end walls, showing the skimmer or top
suction and the bottom suction point.
Figure 8 is a perspective view from outside and
from one end of the swimming pool, opposite to figure 7,
showing the pumps at the end wall of the swimming pool
and the body of the upper suction element or skimmer and
with the conduits leading outside the wall opposite the
end of the swimming pool, also showing a cabinet being
built to hold the corresponding pumps, water treatment
(filtering), ultraviolet, etc. equipment.
Figure 9 is a side perspective view of the finished
swimming pool, with the adjoining cabinet also finished,
which acts as a gangway, and has an access ladder.
Figure 10 is a partial section view of the upper
part of a wall of the swimming pool, showing the upper
end or crown that finishes rim of the swimming pool.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A FORM OF A PREFERRED
EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
According to the designs, the solid wooden or
plywood swimming pool swimming pool referred to in this
invention, with the general reference (P) is made of
boards, beams and similar elements of solid wooden or
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plywood (la, 1) which are stacked and assembled
together, using studded rods (2) or similar elements
spaced along each wall (M) and which the boards (la) are
inserted onto, (1) superimposed from bottom to top,
namely from the ground to the rim of the pool (V) , the
studded rods (2) pass through drilled holes (8) made in
the stacked boards and are secured together by
tightening sets of nuts and/or plates/washers (3, 7, 9,
10) and similar elements, which are placed at the top
and bottom and distributed in intermediate positions,
the boards -la, -1-, can be placed unaligned -J-, i.e.,
the boards -la-, -1- are fitted to form the wall -M- in
question, according to the length of the board or of the
wall to be built, without taking into account if the
joints (J) coincide or not in the different rows of
boards, which are assembled and tightened together
forming the corresponding continuous wall (M),
preferably vertical.
These studded rods (2) or similar elements have a
length corresponding to the height of the wall, and when
their length is less than the height of the wall, they
are extended by axial coupling of several sections of
studded rod placed at a different level and if necessary
staggered, to the ends of which the corresponding nuts
(9) and washers (10) are fitted.
Of the rows of boards (la), (1) superimposed and
fitted together, the lower row (la) is directly on the
ground (T), or directly on a concrete floor (H), or
indirectly on concrete (H) laid on the terrain (T), with
the studded rods (2) embedded/anchored to this concrete
flooring (H), from the lower row the corresponding wall
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(M) is formed by inserting the boards (1a), (1) onto the
spaced out studded rods (2).
The boards (la), (1) of each wall (M), and the
boards of all the walls, which form the outline of the
swimming pool, are "sewn" together creating a single
strong unit.
The swimming pool (P) is completed with a sheet of
flexible and waterproof material (L) which lines the
inside of the side walls of the structure and the ground
between the walls (M) , and is kept in place along the
rim (E) of the swimming pool (P) by a conventional
support strip.
The finish of the swimming pool edge (E) is made
with a strip or finishing crown (CA) which constitutes
the top edge or free edge, covering the free end of the
studded rods (2) and nuts and washers (9), (10) , whose
finishing crown (CA) has a series of grooves (22) which
house the ends of the studs (9) and the nuts (9) and
washers (10).
As illustrated especially in Figures 3 and 10 the
strips or finishing crowns (CA) are secured onto each
wall (M) with screws (19) with finishing caps (20) that
fit to the grooves (21), forming an overhang to the
inside of the swimming pool basin (V), to avoid the
water overflowing (AG).
The plurality of boards (la), (1) in this
invention, which are stacked and assembled together by
means of studded rods (2) and nuts (7), forming the
walls (M) of the swimming pool basin or receptacle (V),
have on their opposite superimposed surfaces, see
figures 4 and 4A, 5 and 5A, and 6 and 6A, their
respective complementary longitudinal (RL) and/or
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transversal (RT) recesses or channels -R- for housing
between them the longitudinal water pipes (11) and
electrical wires and similar elements and the
transversal elbow joints (12) for coupling these pipes
(11) for filter elements, upper suction or skimmer (14)
and lower (18), upper inlet (16) and for taking water
from the basin (V) and of light fittings for the
interior of the basin, whose elements for filtering,
suction upper and lower, pumping in and out, lighting
and similar are visible on the inner face of the basin
(V) walls, whose pipes (11), (12) are located on the
inside of the walls (M) which constitute the structure
of the basin (V).
In addition the stacked boards (la), (1) which form
the basin (V) walls (M) and that have complementary
recesses or channels (R), also have on the inner face of
the walls (M) some grooves (13) into which the
aforementioned filtration, suction, pumping, capturing,
illumination and other similar elements are fitted and
which are flush with the inner face (see figure 6A).
According to the invention, on one of the side
walls of pool (P) basin, the body of the upper suction
element or skimmer (14) is fitted, whose mouth is on the
inner face of the swimming pool basin, and the pumping
mechanisms such as the equipment for pumping or treating
the water such as filtering, ultraviolet and others,
which are connected to said pipes via elbow-shaped
conduits (15) which project from the side wall (see
figure 8).
The mentioned mechanisms, equipment and the water
recirculation and filtration motor, according to the
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invention, are in a protective cabinet (17) that can be
used as a gangway.
The swimming pool may have a side ladder (ES) , and
an access ladder (ES) to enter the basin (V) , made of
5 stainless steel.
The swimming pool of this invention is made of
solid wooden or plywood, the boards, beams or similar
elements of which form the walls and are solid or
laminated.
10 The water circulation in the wooden swimming pool
described in this invention is conventional, therefore
the upper inlets or skimmer (14) and lower (18) suck the
swimming pool water and send it through the pipes (11)
and (12) to the respective conduits (15) to subject the
water to the corresponding filtering, UV, etc.
treatments, in the equipment contained in the cabinet
(17), and after being treated, the water is pumped
through the conduits (15) to the pipes (11) and (12),
from which the pumps (16) move the water to the swimming
pool basin (V), and the cycle starts again.
The invention can within its essentiality be put
into practice in other embodiments differing only in
detail from the one having been described above only by
way of example, said other embodiments also falling
within the scope of the protection being claimed. This
wooden swimming pool may thus be manufactured in any
shape and size, with the most suitable means and
materials and with the most convenient accessories, and
the components may be replaced by others that are
technically equivalent, as all of this is contained
within the spirit of the claims.
