Swimming Pool External Floor Supply Channel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing swimming pool designs face issues with cover elements that can be moved or removed during operation, leading to safety risks, equipment damage, and dirt trapping, particularly in stainless steel pools where metal objects can cause corrosion.
Innovation Solution
Inflow openings are integrated into the pool's wall, eliminating the need for cover elements and associated accessories, allowing for a smooth, flat pool floor and secure anchoring of the supply channel outside the pool, which prevents misplacement and corrosion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cover elements are used to cover inlet channels in the pool floor, then access to the channels is controlled, but safety risks and equipment damage risks increase due to movable or removable covers
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the inlet channel from the pool floor and relocates it to an external position. The supply channel is now positioned outside the pool, with only inlet openings penetrating the pool floor, eliminating the need for cover elements while maintaining controlled access through the fixed structural integration of the inlet openings.
Solution Approach 2:
The inlet channel is relocated from the two-dimensional pool floor plane to the external three-dimensional space surrounding the pool. This dimensional shift allows the channel to be positioned outside while maintaining functional connection through inlet openings, thereby eliminating the need for floor-level cover elements.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If cover elements are used to cover inlet channels, then access is controlled, but dirt trapping and object accumulation occur in depressions and slits
Solution Approach 1:
By extracting the inlet channel from the pool floor and positioning it externally, the invention eliminates the depressions, slits, and gaps that exist between cover elements and the pool floor. The smooth transition of the pool floor without interruptions prevents dirt and objects from accumulating.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of covering the inlet channel from above with removable covers, the invention inverts the approach by positioning the channel externally and providing fixed inlet openings in the floor. This inversion eliminates the need for cover elements and their associated gaps, preventing dirt trapping while maintaining access functionality.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If cover elements are used, then inlet channels are covered, but corrosion risks increase due to trapped metal objects in stainless steel pools
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the inlet channel from the pool floor to an external position, eliminating the trapped spaces where metal objects could accumulate and cause galvanic corrosion. The smooth pool floor without cover elements prevents object accumulation, thereby protecting stainless steel structures from corrosion.
4Reliability
If inlet openings are integrated into the pool wall, then safety and cleanliness are improved, but the supply channel must be positioned externally
Solution Approach 1:
The invention utilizes the external space dimension by positioning the supply channel outside the pool structure. This allows the channel to be accessible and fixed, with only inlet openings penetrating the pool floor, thereby achieving safety and cleanliness benefits while accommodating the channel in the external environment.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a swimming pool (1) or the like, comprising a bottom wall (2), in particular a bottom plate, and a supply channel (3) for fresh water and/or water treatment agents. In a first embodiment, this is characterized in that inflow openings (7.1, 7.2, 7.3) are integrated into the bottom wall and/or into a wall (4) of the supply channel and/or into a swimming pool element (7) connected to the bottom wall and/or the supply channel, facing inwards from the inside of the swimming pool, without covers.