Apparatus and method for evacuating contaminants and water vapor from an area above a swimming pool with integral deck drain

A system for evacuating contaminants and water vapor from an area above a swimming pool to an exhaust conduit, the pool being adjacent to and surrounded by a grating system that is positioned between a deck and the pool to receive liquid from the pool, said system comprising:

• a perimeter deck drain assembly extending around at least a portion of the swimming pool and under the deck, said deck drain assembly having an upper section defining a conduit directing air to the exhaust conduit and connected to the deck in a position that avoids collecting, within the conduit, the liquid received through the grating system, and a lower section defining a channel collecting and circulating liquid received from the swimming pool, the upper section defining a first port that opens through the deck and spaced apart from the grating system for collecting and circulating air, and the upper section further defining a second port that directs condensed water vapor away from the channel and into a drain;
• at least one tray for directing liquid secured to lower portions of said two side sections of said deck drain assembly;
• a grating system for receiving water and positioned against said upper section of said deck drain assembly;
• at least one air source for directing a flow of air downwardly against and across the surface of the swimming pool, and outwardly towards said perimeter deck drain;
• at least one exhaust conduit for evacuating the contaminants and water vapor, said at least one exhaust conduit in communication with said at least one conduit;
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• an exhaust apparatus for drawing the contaminants and water vapor through the at least one conduit in a flow direction that is parallel to the deck and directing the contaminants and water vapor to a desired area spaced apart from the pool;
• wherein flowing air from said at least one air source creates a zone for containing contaminants and water vapor substantially above the pool surface;
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• wherein flowing air directs contaminants and water vapor from the containment zone through said grating system into said at least one conduit and to said at least one exhaust conduit in an air flow direction that is parallel to the deck.

A system for evacuating air from an area above a body of liquid in a pool adjacent to and surrounded by a grating system that is positioned between a deck and the pool to receive liquid from the pool, said system comprising:

• at least one air source directing a flow of air substantially downwardly toward the liquid in the pool and the deck;
• a deck drain assembly extending around at least a portion of the pool, said deck drain assembly comprising a sidewall and an opposite sidewall both connected to a bottom wall to define a channel collecting and circulating liquid received from the pool, wherein said sidewall is connected to the pool;
• a conduit connected to said opposite sidewall and the deck, said conduit in a position that avoids collecting, within the conduit, the liquid received through the grating system and defining a first port proximate the deck and a second port directing condensed water out of said conduit and into a drain;
• a grating system receiving liquid and air and positioned flush with the deck against said deck drain assembly;
• an exhaust fan drawing air through said conduit, said exhaust fan evacuating the air suspended between said grating system and said condensation drain via said conduit in an air flow direction that is parallel to said deck.

A system for evacuating contaminants and water vapor from an area above a swimming pool to an exhaust conduit, the pool being surrounded, at least in part, by a deck, said system comprising:

• a perimeter deck drain assembly extending around at least a portion of the swimming pool and under the deck, said deck drain assembly comprising:
• an upper section defining a conduit directing air to the exhaust conduit;
• a lower section defining a channel collecting and circulating liquid received from the swimming pool, said channel comprising a sidewall and a back panel both connected to a bottom wall to define the channel, wherein said sidewall is connected to the pool, and wherein said back panel connects to said upper section, positioning said upper section in a position that avoids liquid received from the swimming pool;
• wherein the upper section defines a first port for collecting air from the area above the swimming pool and a second port that directs condensed water vapor into a drain and away from the channel, and wherein said first port and said second port are coplanar within said back panel;
• a grate covering the lower section, wherein said grate is positioned between said first port and said second port.