Modular Cassette for Swimming Pool Cover Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional swimming pool cover systems for large pools are cumbersome to transport and install, requiring multiple components and often the use of cranes, which increases costs and disrupts construction progress.
Innovation Solution
A modular swimming pool cover system featuring a self-contained cassette that pre-assembles the holder, cover, and drive, allowing for transportation and installation in a single pass, with a water seal on the drive shaft for maintenance access and adjustable supports for secure placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional swimming pool cover systems are transported and installed in modular fashion with separate components, then the system can be adapted to different pool sizes, but the installation process becomes cumbersome requiring multiple crane rentals and repeated transportation
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into modular components (cover element, holder, cassette, drive unit) that can be independently manufactured and transported. The holder is mounted to the cassette forming a pre-assembled unit, while the cover element can be separately transported and attached, allowing flexible adaptation to different pool sizes while reducing on-site assembly requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The holder is pre-mounted to the cassette in a factory setting, creating a pre-assembled unit that reduces on-site assembly complexity. The drive unit is also pre-configured with the holder, allowing the entire mechanism to be installed as a single integrated unit rather than assembling multiple separate components during construction
2Ease of manufacture
If heavy components of the swimming pool cover system are transported separately to the construction site, then transportation flexibility is improved, but multiple crane rentals and repeated transportation increases costs
Solution Approach 1:
The holder and cassette are merged into a single pre-assembled unit with the drive unit integrated to the holder. This combination allows the heavy mechanical components to be transported as one unit rather than separately, reducing the number of transportation trips and crane rentals required while maintaining transportation flexibility for the cover element
3Ease of repair
If the drive is arranged in the service space separated from the cover system space, then maintenance access is improved, but the drive shaft must extend through the wall requiring water sealing
Solution Approach 1:
The drive unit is extracted from the cover system space and placed in the service space, allowing maintenance personnel to access the motor without disassembling cover components. The drive shaft extends through the separating wall with a water seal to prevent water ingress, providing easy maintenance access while maintaining the functional separation between wet and dry spaces
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AI summary
The invention relates to a swimming pool cover system, comprising a planar cover element, a holder for retractably accommodating the cover element and a drive connected to the holder for deploying and/or retracting the cover element from and in or on the holder, respectively, characterized by a cassette, to which at least the holder is mounted, wherein the cassette is to be deployed at a swimming pool in a pre-assembled state separate from the swimming swimming pool, with at least the holder mounted to the cassette.