Floating platform which may be pneumatically submerged and emerged for use in swimming pools

Abstract

It is a platform fit to be disposed over the water mass retained in a swimming pool, or the like, and to act as a receiving platform for a person, placed on same, to be able to enter into and submerge in the water as a consequence of the vertical descending movements, and then emerge by means of the ascent produced by the same platform in said water mass. The novelty is that said submergible platform is a hollow, light and rigid vessel that has a top horizontal floor, from which lateral walls are projected are facing downwards (when situated in the water), defining an internal precinct that remains in communication with the exterior by means of, at least, one air entry and exit conduit produced by the said ascending and descending movements of said platform in the water mass; said movements being guided by vertical guides disposed adjacently to the internal face of the swimming pool wall, along which the corresponding sliding carts projecting from the platform are driven.

1 . FLOATING PLATFORM, WHICH MAY BE PNEUMATICALLY SUBMERGED AND EMERGED, FOR USE IN SWIMMING POOLS, fit to be placed over the water mass contained in a swimming pool or the like, and to act as a receptor platform to enable a person, placed on same, to enter into and submerge in the water as a consequence of vertical descending movements, and then emerge, by means of the uplift produced by the same platform in said water mass, characterized in that said submergible platform is a hollow vessel, light and rigid which has a top horizontal floor, from which laterally oriented walls project downwardly (when placed in the water), conforming an internal precinct that is in communication with the exterior by means of, at least, one exit and entry air tube that generate the vertical ascending and descending displacements of said platform in the water mass; those displacements being guided by means of vertical guides that are disposed adjacently to the internal face of the swimming pool, along which corresponding sliding carts projecting from the platform are driven.  
   
   
       2 . FLOATING PLATFORM, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the sliding carts are projected from the lateral walls of the platform, are hinges “T” the crossbars of which are loosely housed in the vertical sliding guides.  
   
   
       3 . FLOATING PLATFORM, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the sliding guides helping the respective vertical hydraulic cylinders regulating the ascending and descending speed of the platform.  
   
   
       4 . FLOATING PLATFORM, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the vertical sliding guides are defined in a unique body including a respective cylinder regulating the ascend and descent speed of the platform, which are incorporated in a supporting structure projecting outwards the swimming pool for an stable fixing anchorage.  
   
   
       5 . FLOATING PLATFORM, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the air entry and exit conduit that communicates with the internal precinct defining the platform, prolongs itself outside the swimming pool up to a first air outflow derivation to the exterior inserting a closure valve and towards a second derivation where it is associated with an air propeller pump in which a non return valve is interspersed.  
   
   
       6 . FLOATING PLATFORM, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the air feeding conduit is a tube extending from an air propeller pump in which a non return valve is interspaced, such tube enters into the swimming pool defining a bent end the vertical portion of which faces the internal precinct conforming said submergible platform; thus, the air outflow for the descents of the same submergible platform are produced by a vertical tube projecting upwardly from its floor, which includes a closure valve.  
   
   
       7 . FLOATING PLATFORM, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that between the internal face of the platform floor and the bottom of the swimming pool, there extends an ascending speed limiting regulator.  
   
   
       8 . FLOATING PLATFORM, according to  claim 7 , characterized in that the ascending speed liming regulator is a vertical alignment of telescopically disposed coaxial tubes from different sections; the end tubes being linked to the platform and bottom of the swimming pool, respectively.  
   
   
       9 . FLOATING PLATFORM, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the external surface of the platform floor includes a pair of slots for anchoring chairs and wheel chairs.  
   
   
       10 . FLOATING PLATFORM, according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the ascending and descending displacements of the platform in the water mass are ordered from an integrated remote command to an electronic driving circuit in which are integrated an air propeller pump with its non return valve, and a closure valve interspaced in the air outflow derivation to the exterior.