Adjustable Pool Support Leg Embedded in Concrete Slab
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for constructing above-ground, semi-buried, or buried swimming pools are challenging due to the need for precise positioning of struts, which is difficult and time-consuming, and the long time between ordering and completion of the pool.
Innovation Solution
The method involves installing struts on the ground before pouring the concrete slab, allowing for easy and quick adjustment of their positioning, and then pouring the concrete to anchor them securely, enabling precise placement and reducing construction time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If support legs are embedded in concrete slab before assembly, then structural stability is improved, but positioning precision and assembly ease deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The support legs are positioned and adjusted on the ground before the concrete slab is poured. This preliminary positioning allows for easy adjustment and precise alignment of the support legs while they are still accessible, before they become permanently fixed in the concrete structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The support legs are made adjustable during the assembly phase, allowing dynamic repositioning and alignment adjustments. After assembly, the concrete pouring locks the structure in place, transitioning from a dynamic adjustable state to a stable fixed state.
2Stability of the object's composition
If support legs are embedded in concrete slab before assembly, then structural stability is improved, but construction time deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support legs are positioned and adjusted on the ground before the concrete slab is poured. This preliminary positioning allows for easy adjustment and precise alignment of the support legs while they are still accessible, before they become permanently fixed in the concrete structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The support legs are made adjustable during the assembly phase, allowing dynamic repositioning and alignment adjustments. After assembly, the concrete pouring locks the structure in place, transitioning from a dynamic adjustable state to a stable fixed state.
3Ease of operation
If support legs are positioned on ground before pouring concrete, then assembly ease is improved, but anchoring security worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The support legs are positioned and adjusted on the ground before the concrete slab is poured. This preliminary positioning allows for easy adjustment and precise alignment of the support legs while they are still accessible, before they become permanently fixed in the concrete structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The concrete slab acts as an intermediary that transfers and distributes the loads from the support legs to the ground. By pouring concrete around the positioned support legs, the structure achieves both ease of assembly (through preliminary positioning) and anchoring security (through concrete embedding).
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AI summary
A pool support leg (1), which may be above-ground, semi-inground, or inground, comprising an upper vertical post (2), a lower foot (3) in contact with the ground, which is fixed to the post (2) and cantilevered from it, and at least one support (4) having a bearing surface (41) facing upwards to allow vertically stacked wall panels to bear upon it, the support (4) being fixed to the foot (3) and/or the post (2). The invention is characterized in that the lower foot (3) is intended to be embedded in a concrete slab or concrete trench to be poured on the ground, the bearing surface (41) being located at a greater height than the foot (3).