Method and system for rapid and controlled elevation of a raisable floor for pools

• US 9,647,149 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2015
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dovi Brock
• Original Assignee: Dovi Brock
• Inventors: Brock, Dovi
• Primary Examiner(s): Baker, Lori
• Application Number:
  US14/590,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20150107014A1
• Time in Patent Office: 854 Days
• Field of Search: 4488-513
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/00 Swimming or splash baths or pools
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/065 Floors adjustable in height
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/022433 Particular geometry of the grid contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/068 the potential barriers being only of the PN homojunction type, e.g. bulk silicon PN homojunction solar cells or thin film polycrystalline silicon PN homojunction solar cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/18 Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/1804 comprising only elements of Group IV of the Periodic Table
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/547 Monocrystalline silicon PV cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49002 Electrical device making
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A method for assembling a rapid elevation floor system in a pool, the method comprising the stages of: assembling a raisable floor inside said pool and adding sensors to said raisable floor, and connecting said raisable floor platform to auxiliary units. The method further comprises laying flooring tiles on said raisable floor and sinking said raisable floor to a bottom of said pool.

Claims

1. A method for assembling a rapid elevation floor system in a pool, the method comprising the stages of:

(a) assembling a raisable floor inside said pool;

(b) adding sensors to said raisable floor, and connecting said raisable floor platform to auxiliary units;

(c) laying flooring tiles on said raisable floor; and

(d) sinking said raisable floor to a bottom of said pool;

wherein the stage of assembling a raisable floor inside said pool includes the sub-stages of;

(i) laying a corner modular floor element;

(ii) laying two peripheral elongated modular floor element and connected them to said corner modular floor element;

(iii) laying a T-intersection modular floor element and connected it to a peripheral elongated modular floor element;

(iv) laying an inner elongated modular floor element and connected it to a peripheral elongated modular floor element; and

(v) laying a cross intersection modular floor element and connected it to an inner elongated modular floor element;

and wherein the stage of sinking said raisable floor platform to a bottom of said pool includes the sub-stages of;

(i) operatively connected a human-machine interface, a command and control unit, a flotation fluid source, and a manifold to said raisable floor; and

(ii) operatively connected a second type sensor and a pressure sensor to the raisable floor.

2. A method for rapid and controlled elevation of a raisable floor in a pool, the method comprising the stage of:

(a) elevating a raisable floor to a water surface in said pool, wherein said floor system includes;

(i) at least two modular floor elements, wherein at least some of which include a ballasting receptacle inner volume, said ballasting receptacle inner volume being adapted to receive and discharge a volume of a flotation fluid; and

(ii) a flotation fluid conducting tubing in fluid connection with said ballasting receptacle inner volume, wherein said flotation fluid conducting tubing of at least one modular floor element is in fluid connection with said flotation fluid conducting tubing of at least three other of said modular floor elements, for forming a continuous flotation fluid conducting tubing.

3. The method for rapid and controlled elevation of a raisable floor in pool of claim 2, wherein the stage of elevating a rais able floor to a water surface in said pool includes the sub-stages of:

(i) keeping a predetermined amount of flotation fluid inside ballasting receptacle inner volumes of said raisable floor for controlling a raisable floor specific gravity, wherein said raisable floor is laying on a pool bottom;

(ii) infusing flotation fluid inside said ballasting receptacle inner volumes of said raisable floor for controlled elevation of said raisable floor;

(iii) measuring modular floor elements depth difference inside said water among certain of said at least two modular floor elements;

(iv) balancing said raisable floor by infusing controlled amount of flotation fluid into said ballasting receptacle inner volumes; and

(v) limiting a movement of air within said ballasting receptacle inner volume according to modular floor elements depths, for the purpose of improving a stability of said raisable floor and its controllability.

4. The method for rapid and controlled elevation of a raisable floor in pool of claim 2 further comprising the stage of:

(b) before elevating said raisable floor, detecting an unusual situation inside said water of said pool.

5. The method for in pool of claim 4, wherein the stage of detecting an un-normal situation inside said water of said pool includes the sub-stages of:

(i) receiving a signals from at least one sensor; and

(ii) recognizing said signals as a result from an emergence situation.