Patent ID: 7093784
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: E04H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A universal shift apparatus for a swimming pool cover motor having a rotatable drive shaft and a rope attached to the end of the swimming pool cover, comprising: (a) a reel unit mounted to freely rotate about the rotatable drive shaft; (b) a drive cone unit mounted to freely rotate about the rotatable drive shaft; (c) a gear mechanism driven by the rotatable drive shaft, and adapted for driving the reel unit in a first rotational direction as the drive shaft rotates in a first direction, and adapted for driving the drive cone unit in a second rotational direction as the drive shaft rotates in a second direction; and (d) a shift member associated with the gear mechanism to selectively reverse the first rotational direction of the reel unit and to selectively reverse the second rotational direction of the drive cone unit, wherein the shift member is adapted to pivot in one direction to engage the reel unit when the rotatable drive shaft is rotated in the first direction and is adapted to pivot in a second direction to engage the drive cone unit when the rotatable drive shaft is rotated in the second direction.