Abstract: Forms for building and assembling water containment holders such as but not limited to inground spas, pools, manmade ponds and fountains. The forms can have an L-shape with downwardly protruding members for allowing the forms to be placed about a base foundation having receiving openings for the protruding members. Lower walls, seats and backrests can be placed about the forms to assemble the water containment holder. All the components including the base, the forms, the seats, lower walls, and backrests can be modular components that are easily transported and assembled by an individual installer.

Abstract: The present invention a bunker sealing system for use with a horizontal style bunker, the bunker sealing system includes a bunker silo for storing silage therein, a cover for selectively covering and sealing silage; wherein the cover being comprised of liquid fillable bladders. The bunker sealing system further including cover handling equipment including a spool for spooling and unspooling the cover onto and off of a cover spool such that the penetration of water and air into silage is minimized and further includes a cover carriage for supporting, the spool including wheels cooperatively rolling along top rails mounted on top of bunker walls, such that the carriage spans between two bunker walls and is rollably moveable longitudinally along the walls.

Abstract: In the present invention, there is provided a removable cover for retaining off-gases inside a clarifier. The cover comprises trusses extending across the clarifier and a flexible sheet laid across the trusses. Structural angles enclose the clarifier and constitute a kick plate on the walkways around the clarifier for improving the safety of workers. One side of the flexible sheet is permanently affixed to a first wall of the clarifier. A series of pullers are mounted inside the structural angles for pulling and releasably sealing the three other sides of the flexible sheet against the outmost trusses and against a second wall of the clarifier opposite the first wall. Each puller has a cable-deflector bar extending substantially at a same level as a mounting surface of the puller for increasing an angle of downward pull on the flexible sheet. The flexible sheet is rolled-up along the trusses to expose machinery inside the clarifier.

Abstract: An above ground pool includes a pool body, an air inflatable ring member, and a reinforcing member. The pool body has a bottom wall and a surrounding wall that extends upwardly and integrally from a periphery of the bottom wall and that has a distal top edge. The air inflatable ring member has a lower ring part connected integrally to the distal top edge of the surrounding wall. The reinforcing member is mounted in the ring member, and ensures that a central ring axis of the ring member is generally concentric with and does not extend outside a circular area bounded by the distal top edge of the surrounding wall.

Abstract: The present invention is method and resulting assembly for applying a flexible liner to the outer surface of a pre-cast concrete walled container to be buried in an earthen excavation.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the conversion of waste materials derived from gypsum mining and processing, such as existing gypsum stacks, into waste containment or landfill facilities. Methods of the invention include the creation of waste containment facilities from existing gypsum stacks. Waste containment facilities created according to the invention can be used for the short-term, long-term or permanent storage of waste materials such as solid waste, community refuse materials, biomass, industrial waste, phosphate waste, and for composting or otherwise processing materials such as biomass. Containment facilities according to the invention can be lined or unlined, open or capped, depending upon the nature of the material to be resident in the containment facility and relevant governmental regulations. The invention also provides for drainage and recovery systems, monitoring, controlling and communication means, pumps and valving means, and any other means known in the waste containment facility field.

Abstract: A prefabricated pad for a pool and its associated method of installation under the liner of an above-ground pool. The prefabricated pad is interposed between the ground surface and the pool liner, wherein the prefabricated pad cushions the pool liner, reduces contact stresses against the pool liner and prevents the pool liner from being punctured by any object present below the pool. The prefabricated pad also supports the pool liner as the pool liner turns from the vertical walls of the pool to the flat bottom of the pool.

Abstract: A method and article of manufacture for building waterproof concrete structures. An integral casing comprised of a rigid plastic shell with an armature attached to its face is covered with concrete. The shell is formed either in the shape of a desired structure or in a generic shape to be used to splice together a larger custom structural shape in a mosaic fashion. The shell acts both as a form to support the wet poured concrete and becomes an integral part of the finished structure to provide waterproofing.

Abstract: An above ground pool having identical sized panels coupled together to form the perimeter of the pool. Post structures located at the union of adjacent panels include angle members that span the union of adjacent panels and determine the angle at which adjacent panels extend with respect to each other. Different sets of angle members can be utilized to form different angles between adjacent panels to establish different sizes of pools having different numbers of panels.

Abstract: A lid support bracket assembly is provided for supporting a pool cover box lid that includes a wall mount, and a bracket connected to the wall mount that can be angularly adjusted relative to the wall mount.

Abstract: A pre-fabricated service bay used for providing service access to the underside of vehicles. The service bay is fabricated as a single monolithic unit and then positioned in an excavated hole within a service building. The service bay has multiple safety cover grids that are hydraulically activated to enclose the bay's opening when not in use. An access stairway is retractable within the bay during use with a deployable safety handrail that collapses upon stairway retraction.

Abstract: There is provided a reactor building of steel concrete construction, which comprises a steel concrete containment vessel constructed on the center of a footing slab and also composed of a pair of relatively confronting steel plates and concrete placed in a space between the steel plates. The reactor building is constructed on the outer circumference of the same footing slab and is also composed of a pair of relatively confronting steel plates and concrete placed in a space between the steel plates. The containment vessel is separated from partial slabs among a plurality of slabs of the reactor building placed around the containment vessel or all the slabs of the reactor building.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the structure and a method of constructing of a swimming pool grating. The swimming pool has straight and curved edges and a gutter is constructed in the deck of the pool close to the edge including the curves. The grating is made of a multiple of grate bars which extend along the direction of the pool edge including the curves. The multiple grate bars are assembled in a longitudinal direction as well in a lateral direction according to the dimensions of the gutter. Once assembled into a grating in an elevated position, holes are drilled through all of the assembled grate bars in a lateral direction to the edge of the pool and rods are placed through the drilled holes and are fastened therein against any movement in any direction. Thereafter, the thus assembled grating is lowered into the gutter of the pool to be substantially flush with the surface of the pool deck and the level of the water in the pool.

Abstract: A rigid window well structure having first and second planar side walls and a planar front wall; first and second connecting walls, where the first connecting wall joins the first side wall to the front wall, and the second connecting wall joins the second side wall to the front wall, such that each of the walls expose an interior surface and an exterior surface; and a step bridged between the interior surface of at least two non-parallel walls, at least one of the two non-parallel walls being planar.

Abstract: In the present invention, there is provided a removable cover for retaining off-gases inside a clarifier. The cover comprises trusses extending across the clarifier and a flexible sheet laid across the trusses. Structural angles enclose the clarifier and constitute a kick plate on the walkways around the clarifier for improving the safety of workers. One side of the flexible sheet is permanently affixed to a first wall of the clarifier. A series of pullers are mounted inside the structural angles for pulling and releasably sealing the three other sides of the flexible sheet against the outmost trusses and against a second wall of the clarifier opposite the first wall. Each puller has a cable-deflector bar extending substantially at a same level as a mounting surface of the puller for increasing an angle of downward pull on the flexible sheet. The flexible sheet is rolled-up along the trusses to expose machinery inside the clarifier.

Abstract: The invention relates to an above-ground storage tank having a leakage protection lining for storing media posing a hazard to water, and to a process for equipping and particularly refitting an existing above-ground storage tank with a lining protecting it against leakage. The lining can be mounted permanently and vacuum tight on the walls of the tank. A medium-resistant foil almost completely covers the tank bottom and extends up into the lower zone of the inner side of the tank wall. This foil is secured around the outer limitation of the tank bottom by a clamping device. An insert covers the tank bottom and extends up to the clamping device.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cladding device (6) for the pond (1) of a swimming pool (2) or the like comprised of a slab as well as of side walls (5) made of concrete or the like. This device (6) is characterized in that it is formed of tightly juxtaposed glass plates (8, 9) applied, through mounting means, against the slab and the side walls (5) of said pond (1), on the inner side (7) of the latter.

Abstract: A plastic catch basin with grate on top, box shape design to drain a low area by gravity to a final drain area through plastic pipes, the catch basin to be assembled on site according to need by constructing with side plates with a choice of holes according to need and the catch basin is designed to be more solidly constructed to hold its shape over time and use, constructed to be modified by adding additional catch basins with the plastic pipes as need arises.

Abstract: These steps for a swimming pool are noteworthy in that they possess, projecting from the inside of the recessed front face (1a), at least one solid part (1d) that acts as a backing or support produced directly by a process of injection moulding a plastics material for the production of the body of the steps, and the said rib (1d) appears as an extra thickness on the inside of the face (1a), in the thickness of which the fixing means (2) of a liner (3) can be engaged.

Abstract: In the present invention, there is provided a removable cover for retaining off-gases inside a clarifier. The cover comprises trusses extending across the clarifier and a flexible sheet laid across the trusses. Structural angles enclose the clarifier and constitute a kick plate on the walkways around the clarifier for improving the safety of workers. One side of the flexible sheet is permanently affixed to a first wall of the clarifier. A series of pullers are mounted inside the structural angles for pulling and releasably sealing the three other sides of the flexible sheet against the outmost trusses and against a second wall of the clarifier opposite the first wall. Each puller has a cable-deflector bar extending substantially at a same level as a mounting surface of the puller for increasing an angle of downward pull on the flexible sheet. The flexible sheet is rolled-up along the trusses to expose machinery inside the clarifier.

Abstract: A spa system preferably provides for equipment to be self-contained in at least one enclosure that is preferably above the ground level when the spa system is installed in the ground. The enclosure could either be pre-fabricated and coupled to the spa system or modular and ready to be coupled to the spa system. Furthermore, the enclosure could be located under the shell in one or more places in an upper portion of the interior space between the inner portion of the shell and the framework, so as to be above ground level when the spa system is installed. Moreover, at least one support wall could define the enclosure, or a modular second support wall could define the enclosure, so as to maintain the enclosure preferably above the ground level when the spa system is installed in the ground. Additionally, the spa system of the present invention preferably provides at least one removable panel above the ground level for easy access to the equipment.

Abstract: Support systems for vessels such as above-ground swimming pools are disclosed. Each system may include one or more buttresses adapted to support substantially the entire vertical height of the side wall or each of a series of side walls of the pool. A strapless support system to provide a pool having a deep end is also disclosed. The buttresses, which flare along their lengths, closely match the support they provide each side wall to the outward water pressure present along its height for enhanced reliability. The diminished space required for installation of the disclosed buttresses reduces the surface area required for their associated pool.

Abstract: It is provided a swimming pool on the open sea effective for promoting health, and also surrounding facilities. The pool which floats on the sea is equipped with a deep-sea water collecting device which supplies the deep-sea water thereto. The pool may be equipped with a propulsion device such as a propeller, a large number of extensions on the bottom surface for avoiding sharks, facilities for fishing on its side, a means for generating fine air bubbles to be mixed into the deep-sea water, a solar power generation means, a wind power generation means and a deep-sea water desalination equipment. In addition, a pool using deep-sea water, accommodation facilities, dining facilities, facilities of a beauty shop/fitness gymnasium, fish breeding facilities and hydroponic facilities, which collect and use deep-sea water, are built on the beach.

Abstract: The overflow system comprises:

Abstract: A swimming pool cover (10) is provided for a swimming pool (5) which can be lowered to cover portion of the room floor (2) and can be then raised to a position above the pool (5) and adjacent the ceiling (4). The cover (10) is suspended from the ceiling (4) by various wire ropes and associated winches.

Abstract: A composition designed to produce cementitious interior finishes for swimming pools, spas and fountains includes one or more aggregates, and cement for binding the aggregates. The composition further includes silica fume and a set retarder and may also include a dispersing agent as well as an inhibitor for alkali-silica reactivity.

Abstract: Panels used in the construction of swimming pools, each having a rectangular shape with a peripheral frame defining vertical wings to be assembled with adjacent panels. One of the wings has over its entire height centering and sealing devices consisting of a section that overlaps the outer surface of the wing and a lateral sealing lip. Each section cooperates with a matching hollow shape on the other wing. The section and the hollow shape having a triangular cross-section and a catching member for rapid assembly.

Abstract: A device for retaining garden beds, retaining water, and/or blocking plant roots, with the device having two connected reinforcing members with a liquid permeable member positioned between the reinforcing members. A method of building a garden bed includes using the device around the perimeter of a bed. A method for building a pond or stream includes using the device around the perimeter of the pond or stream. Finally, a method of blocking root travel includes burying the device to block travel.

Abstract: A sump containment apparatus for a fuel storage tank has a manhole skirt communicating with a sump interior, a bladder seal with a first portion secured in sealing engagement about an opening in the sump, and a second portion disposed about an inner surface of the manhole skirt and urged into sealing engagement with the inner surface by mechanical compression, preferably by an expansion ring. An observation port in a manhole cove is openable for viewing into the sump.

Abstract: Method, apparatus and product providing a cantilevered coping about prefabricated stairs of an in-ground liner type swimming pool. Disclosed is a polystyrene form board of desired profile face to effect a complementary fit onto a top of the stairs, fastener means including a saddle bracket for securing the form board onto the stairs and a release structure to enable removing the form board after the poured aggregate coping has cured.

Abstract: A set of caissons for use with wave generators for swimming pools has its vertical walls prefabricated out of stainless steel prior to installation. These vertical walls include a stainless steel end wall at each end of the caissons and a stainless steel back wall extending transverse to the back of the caissons. Partition walls extend to the floor between adjacent caissons and to the ceiling of these caissons as required by the wave generator with which they are used. Stainless steel baffle dividers can also be installed within selected caissons to inhibit the production of waves within individual caissons. Additionally, a stainless steel front wall traverses the front of the set of caissons and extends from the ceiling of the caissons to a selected distance above the floor of the caissons.

Abstract: An ice skating rink structure comprising a plurality of boards and a plurality of brackets is provided. Each of the brackets has a U-shaped support for holding one or more of the boards and has at least one downward projection for insertion into the ground. The downward projection of the bracket is inserted into the ground and boards are placed within the U-shaped support such that the boards define the shape of an ice skating rink. A liner is placed inside of the ice skating rink and water is poured onto the liner and allowed to freeze and form an ice skating rink. By using boards with different heights, the present invention allows for the quick assembly of an ice skating rink on level or unlevel ground.

Abstract: A swimming pool deck and pool wall support that includes a unitary shell member defining two vertically extending chambers each filled with concrete. At a first end of the shell member the chambers are connected by a web. The shell member further defines a gap extending from the web to a second end of a shell member and separating the chambers. The support may be utilized as part of a swimming pool deck and pool wall support system. A method of supporting a swimming pool deck and pool wall is also disclosed.

Abstract: A retractable load-bearing cover includes a plurality of rigid panels hingedly attached one to the other to form a plurality of hinged panel pairs, adjoining hinged panel pairs being hingedly attached to an interconnecting support member. A first hinged panel pair is hingedly attachable at one end to a support structure and hingedly attachable at another end to a first interconnecting support member. A last hinged panel pair includes a distal panel hingedly attached to a terminating support member. In an extended position, upper surfaces of the panels are coplanar to provide a load-bearing surface upon which activities such as dancing and sporting activities can be performed. The cover is retractable in an accordion configuration wherein each hinged panel pair abuts against an adjoining panel pair.

Abstract: A boltless two-piece rail fastening assembly for securing a railway rail, supported on a conventional tie plate, to a wooden cross tie is comprised of a chair and a rail clip latched thereon. The chair includes a body, having a jaw with a bight configured to receive the clip, and at least one downwardly projecting leg or shank for securing the chair adjacent the base flange of the rail. The rail clip is a torsional spring clip in the general form of an "S" having a rail-bearing leg for proximate engagement with the base flange of the rail and a tie bearing leg for proximate engagement with the tie plate.