Patent ID: 6742197
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A translation device for a mobile wall (12, 112) of a swimming pool (10), wherein said swimming pool comprises four sides with two parallel rails (14, 114) near two opposite sides of said swimming pool, said translation device comprising a mobile wall or bridge (12, 112) said mobile wall comprising two side ends parallel to the direction of translation, wherein said mobile wall (12, 112) moves along said rails (14, 114) by at least two wheels (16, 116), aligned and positioned on each side end of said mobile wall (12, 112), wherein for each side end of said mobile wall (12, 112), at least one of said wheels (16, 116) is moved by a sprocket (22, 122), wherein a shaft of at least one wheel (16, 116) is connected to said sprocket (22, 122), said sprocket (22, 122) being further connected to a pinion (26, 126) by a closed-loop chain (24, 124), said pinion (26, 126) being rotated by an actuation means (28, 129, 130).