Buried Swimming Pool Device Storage Chamber

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional movable swimming pools require complex and costly waterproofing and reinforcement of pit walls for electrical components, making installation difficult and maintenance inconvenient due to the lack of a dedicated waterproof structure for electrical components.

Innovation Solution

A directly-buried movable swimming pool design featuring a device storage chamber fixed to the swimming pool body with a maintenance entrance, a water circulation mechanism, and a power-off protection apparatus, allowing for waterproofing and simplified installation and maintenance by housing electrical components within the storage chamber.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If traditional ground-embedded installation method is used, then the swimming pool can be installed in the ground, but waterproofing and reinforcement operations on pit wall are required, resulting in complex installation and high costs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstallation simplicityVSAvoidwaterproofing and reinforcement operations
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device storage chamber integrates multiple functions: it houses electrical components, provides waterproofing, and eliminates the need for separate pit reinforcement operations. By combining these functions into a single integrated structure, the installation process is simplified while maintaining all necessary protective functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The device storage chamber acts as an intermediary structure between the ground and electrical components. Instead of directly embedding components in the ground requiring separate waterproofing and reinforcement, the storage chamber serves as a pre-engineered intermediate solution that provides both functions simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of repair

If traditional ground-embedded installation method is used, then the swimming pool can be installed, but maintenance of electrical components requires chiselling out the pit, making maintenance inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemaintenance accessibilityVSAvoidmaintenance procedure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of repairVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system is segmented into the swimming pool body and the separate device storage chamber. This segmentation allows the electrical components to be accessed through the maintenance entrance on the storage chamber without disturbing the swimming pool structure or requiring destructive chiselling of the pit.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The maintenance entrance and door are pre-configured on the device storage chamber during manufacturing. This preliminary preparation ensures that maintenance personnel can access electrical components conveniently without requiring any destructive operations or complex procedures during actual maintenance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If no dedicated waterproof structure is provided for electrical components, then the installation is simpler, but the electrical components lack waterproof protection

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewaterproof protection of electrical componentsVSAvoidwaterproof structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device storage chamber merges the waterproofing function with the electrical component housing. Instead of adding a separate waterproof structure around existing components, the storage chamber is designed as an integrated waterproof enclosure that houses the electrical components, providing reliable protection while maintaining structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP3617425B1Buried swimming pool
Publication Date: 2021.08.25 GUANGDONG CRYSTAL ISLAND HEALTHWISE CO LTD
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AI summary

Buried swimming pool, comprising a swimming pool body (10) and a device storage chamber (20), wherein the device storage chamber is fixedly connected to the swimming pool body; and a maintenance entrance (21) is arranged at a top end of the device storage chamber, and a maintenance door (30) is mounted at the maintenance entrance. By arranging a device storage chamber fixedly connected to a swimming pool body and providing a maintenance entrance on the device storage chamber, electrical components of the swimming pool can all be placed in the device storage chamber, such that when maintenance is needed, maintenance personnel can enter the device storage chamber from the maintenance entrance, which is convenient for maintenance.