EP1741854B1 - protection device for a floating cover for a swimming pool - Google Patents

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EP1741854B1
EP1741854B1 EP06300739A EP06300739A EP1741854B1 EP 1741854 B1 EP1741854 B1 EP 1741854B1 EP 06300739 A EP06300739 A EP 06300739A EP 06300739 A EP06300739 A EP 06300739A EP 1741854 B1 EP1741854 B1 EP 1741854B1
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  • the curtain is rolled up to free the basin and unrolled to cover the entire surface of the water.
  • the bottom 20 of the basin comprises, in the case shown, a slope adapted to follow the evolution of the depth.

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The device has support consoles each comprising an upper shoe and connected on a wall (12) of a basin of a swimming pool by the shoe situated above water surface. A protection panel (36) is connected on the consoles by a fixation flange (50). The panel comprises safety and finishing sides (S1, S2), where the side (S1) is larger and inclined between the water surface and the wall. A trap (30) is provided to mask a floating drape and prevents access from above, where the drape is wound around a shaft (28).

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de protection d'un rideau flottant de piscine. On entend par rideau flottant un rideau composé de lames parallèles, généralement réalisées en une matière plastique telle que du polychlorure de vinyle, les lames étant articulées les unes aux autres.The present invention relates to a device for protecting a floating pool curtain. Floating curtain means a curtain composed of parallel blades, generally made of a plastic material such as polyvinyl chloride, the blades being hinged to each other.

Ces lames sont fermées aux extrémités pour les rendre étanches et donc flottantes. Les lames peuvent être aussi creuses et moussées à l'intérieur pour les rendre flottantes.These blades are closed at the ends to make them waterproof and therefore floating. The blades can also be hollow and foamed inside to make them floating.

Le rideau ainsi constitué est enroulé sur un axe rotatif motorisé, disposé transversalement au bassin à une extrémité de ce bassin.The curtain thus formed is wound on a motorized rotary axis disposed transversely to the basin at one end of this basin.

Le rideau est enroulé pour libérer le bassin et déroulé pour couvrir toute la surface de l'eau.The curtain is rolled up to free the basin and unrolled to cover the entire surface of the water.

Une piscine est un lieu qui peut s'avérer dangereux en présence d'enfants et lors d'un défaut de surveillance. Des normes nécessitent généralement de disposer un moyen de sécurité pour l'accès à la piscine et un rideau flottant est considéré comme un élément de sécurité adapté. Les lames flottantes évitent en effet l'accès à l'eau et même en cas de chute, la flottabilité du rideau supporte un individu, enfant ou adulte, qui se trouverait sur ce rideau.A pool is a place that can be dangerous in the presence of children and when there is a lack of supervision. Norms generally require a safety means for access to the pool and a floating curtain is considered a suitable security element. Floating blades prevent access to water and even in case of a fall, the buoyancy of the curtain supports an individual, child or adult, who would be on this curtain.

Le rideau présente aussi d'autres atouts puisqu'il permet de conserver pendant la non utilisation, en particulier la nuit, les calories accumulées par l'eau.The curtain has other advantages as it allows to keep during the non-use, especially at night, the calories accumulated by the water.

Le rideau évite aussi la chute dans l'eau de feuilles, de branches et de poussières. Ces éléments sont directement transférés par le rideau lors de l'ouverture, vers le lieu d'enroulement et, en cet endroit, on trouve de façon connue les squimmers qui assurent l'évacuation de ces corps étrangers.The curtain also prevents falling leaves, branches and dust into the water. These elements are directly transferred by the curtain during opening, to the winding place and, in this place, we find in known manner the squimmers that ensure the evacuation of these foreign bodies.

L'arbre sur lequel est enroulé le rideau peut être disposé au-dessus de l'eau et le rideau se déroule alors au fil de l'eau avec l'avantage de disposer d'un arbre hors de l'eau mais avec l'inconvénient de faire saillie au-dessus de la margelle et donc d'encombrer le bord de piscine. De plus, les corps étrangers sur le rideau sont souvent entraînés sur le bord de piscine obligeant à des nettoyages supplémentaires.The tree on which the curtain is wound can be placed above the water and the curtain then unfolds along the water with the advantage of having a tree out of the water but with the disadvantage of protruding above the coping and thus clutter the edge of the pool. In addition, foreign bodies on the curtain are often driven to the edge of the pool requiring additional cleaning.

L'arbre peut aussi être disposé immergé, ce qui est le cas le plus fréquent. L'inconvénient est de nécessiter une motorisation étanche. Par contre les avantages sont nombreux car outre le fait que le bord de piscine est libéré, l'esthétique du bassin se trouve conservée car l'arbre est situé sous un plancher escamotable situé dans le prolongement de la margelle.The tree can also be placed submerged, which is the most common case. The disadvantage is to require a sealed motor. On the other hand the advantages are numerous because besides the fact that the edge of swimming pool is released, the esthetics of the basin is preserved because the tree is located under a retractable floor located in the prolongation of the coping.

Les débris portés par le rideau sont directement conduits vers les squimmers et le rideau en lui-même trempe dans l'eau de la piscine qui est traitée, ce qui permet de conserver une homogénéité dans la protection contre les bactéries.The debris carried by the curtain is led directly to the squimmers and the curtain itself soaked in the water of the pool that is treated, which allows to maintain a homogeneity in the protection against bacteria.

Par contre quelle que soit la solution adoptée, il subsiste un problème encore non résolu à savoir la protection de l'accès à ce rouleau qu'il soit avec un arbre situé au-dessus ou au-dessous de la surface de l'eau.On the other hand, whatever the solution adopted, there remains a problem that is still unsolved, namely the protection of access to this roller whether it is with a tree located above or below the surface of the water.

En effet, en fonction de la profondeur du bassin, on retrouve sous l'arbre un espace entre le fond du bassin et ledit arbre. Cet espace est plus important quand le rideau est déroulé et moins important lorsque le rouleau est enroulé mais dans les deux cas, il convient d'interdire l'accès au droit de l'arbre qui peut provoquer un accident par immobilisation d'un baigneur.Indeed, depending on the depth of the basin, there is under the tree a space between the bottom of the basin and said tree. This space is more important when the curtain is unrolled and less important when the roll is wound but in both cases, it is necessary to prohibit access to the right of the tree that can cause an accident by immobilization of a bather.

Une solution triviale et actuellement utilisée consiste à disposer immédiatement en amont du rouleau sur les murs du bassin, dans la partie immergée, sur les parois latérales, des coulisses comme celles utilisées pour la conception des volets roulants.A trivial solution currently used is to dispose immediately immediately upstream of the roller on the walls of the pool, in the submerged part, on the side walls, slides such as those used for the design of shutters.

Dans ces coulisses, il est introduit une cloison verticale transversale constituée généralement de lattes. Cette cloison est immobilisée lorsque son bord inférieur vient au contact du fond.In these slides, it is introduced a transverse vertical partition generally consisting of slats. This partition is immobilized when its lower edge comes into contact with the bottom.

Un tel agencement présente de nombreux inconvénients. Tout d'abord, le rideau étant de conception légère, les mouvements de l'eau générés par des déplacements brusques de masses d'eau suite à des plongeons par exemple provoquent des déformations de la cloison. De même lorsque les baigneurs viennent prendre appui physiquement sur cette cloison, cela engendre des déformations, voire des ruptures de ladite cloison.Such an arrangement has many disadvantages. First, the curtain is lightweight design, the movements of water generated by sudden movements of water bodies following dives for example cause deformation of the partition. Similarly, when the bathers come to physically support this partition, it causes deformations, or even breaks of said partition.

Un autre inconvénient important est celui de la fixation des coulisses qui doit être nécessairement réalisée sous le niveau de l'eau et avec des ancrages traversants qui vont chercher la paroi dure du mur. Ces ancrages nécessitent un perçage du liner. Il est prévu des rondelles et des fixations adaptées mais les mouvements permanents de l'eau et les déplacements consécutifs de la cloison dans les coulisses conduisent à la longue, à des jeux et donc à des risques importants de fuite avec passage d'eau entre le mur et le liner. Le document US 2003/084502 divulgue un dispositif de protection d'un rideau flottant de piscine ayant un ensemble de caisson placé au dehors de la piscine.Another major disadvantage is that of the fixing of the slides which must necessarily be carried out under the water level and with through-anchors that go for the hard wall wall. These anchors require piercing of the liner. Appropriate washers and fixings are provided, but the permanent movements of the water and the consequent displacements of the partition behind the scenes lead in the long run, to games and therefore to significant risks of leakage with passage of water between the wall and liner. The document US 2003/084502 discloses a device for protecting a floating pool curtain having a box assembly placed outside the pool.

La présente invention vise à pallier les problèmes des agencements de l'art antérieur et propose un dispositif de protection d'un rideau flottant de piscine dont un mode de réalisation préférentiel est décrit ci-après en regard des dessins annexés sur lesquels les figures suivantes représentent :

  • figure 1, une vue d'un bassin de piscine muni d'un rideau flottant, en position rideau enroulé, sans dispositif de protection selon l'invention,
  • figure 2, une vue en perspective du dispositif de protection selon la présente invention, représenté en éclaté et isolé,
  • figure 3, une vue en perspective détaillée, d'une console support d'un panneau de protection, isolée,
  • figure 4, une vue de face de la console support d'un panneau de protection selon l'invention,
  • figure 5, une vue en coupe du dispositif complet console support et panneau, prêt à être mis en place, et
  • figure 6, une vue en coupe du dispositif complet mis en place dans un bassin équipé d'un rideau flottant enroulé.
The present invention aims to overcome the problems of the prior art arrangements and proposes a device for protecting a floating pool curtain, a preferred embodiment of which is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which the following figures represent :
  • figure 1 , a view of a swimming pool equipped with a floating curtain, in a wound curtain position, without a protective device according to the invention,
  • figure 2 , a perspective view of the protective device according to the present invention, shown in exploded and isolated,
  • figure 3 , a detailed perspective view of a support bracket of a protective panel, isolated,
  • figure 4 , a front view of the support bracket of a protection panel according to the invention,
  • figure 5 , a sectional view of the complete device console bracket and panel, ready to be put in place, and
  • figure 6 , a sectional view of the complete device set up in a pool equipped with a curtain floating wound.

Le dispositif selon la présente invention est prévu pour être mis en place dans un bassin 10 de piscine. Un tel bassin, représenté sur la figure 1 avec un arrachement partiel supprimant l'eau sur une partie de la représentation, est de type rectangulaire. Ce bassin comprend de façon générale un premier mur 12 transversal avec une hauteur d'eau importante correspondant au grand bain, un second mur 14 transversal opposé avec une hauteur plus faible correspondant au petit bain, et deux murs longitudinaux 16 et 18 qui rejoignent les deux murs transversaux.The device according to the present invention is intended to be set up in a pool 10 pool. Such a basin, represented on the figure 1 with a partial tearing removing the water on a part of the representation, is of rectangular type. This basin generally comprises a first transverse wall 12 with a significant water height corresponding to the large bath, a second transverse wall 14 opposite with a lower height corresponding to the small bath, and two longitudinal walls 16 and 18 which join the two transverse walls.

Le fond 20 du bassin comporte, dans le cas représenté, une pente adaptée pour suivre l'évolution de la profondeur.The bottom 20 of the basin comprises, in the case shown, a slope adapted to follow the evolution of the depth.

Le bassin est recouvert d'un liner 22 qui est une matière étanche, généralement un film de matériau polymère, qui est de la forme exacte du bassin pour assurer l'étanchéité dudit bassin une fois mis en eau. Ce liner est rapporté sur le bord grâce à des moyens tels qu'un rail ou tout autre dispositif mécanique.The basin is covered with a liner 22 which is a waterproof material, generally a film of polymeric material, which is of the exact shape of the basin to ensure the tightness of said basin once put in water. This liner is attached to the edge by means such as a rail or any other mechanical device.

De façon connue également, une margelle 24 entoure le bassin, cette margelle ayant plusieurs fonctions : masquage du bord du bassin et des moyens de fixation du liner, débord au dessus du bassin, finition esthétique, zone de prise d'appui pour les utilisateurs.In a manner also known, a lip 24 surrounds the basin, this lip having several functions: masking the edge of the basin and the liner fixing means, overflow basin, aesthetic finish, support zone for users.

Le bassin représenté sur la figure 1 comprend de plus un rideau flottant 26 en position enroulée autour d'un arbre 28, disposé côté grand bain.The basin represented on the figure 1 further comprises a floating curtain 26 in position wound around a shaft 28, disposed on the large bath side.

Afin de masquer ce rideau et d'interdire l'accès par le dessus, il est prévu une trappe 30 par exemple sous forme d'un caillebotis. Cette trappe est articulée de façon à permettre l'accès au rideau et au mécanisme d'enroulement après soulèvement. Il est à noter que cette manoeuvre de soulèvement est interdite à tout enfant par le seul poids de la trappe, ce qui en fait un organe de sécurité.In order to mask this curtain and to prohibit access from above, a hatch 30 is provided, for example in the form of a grating. This hatch is articulated so as to allow access to the curtain and the winding mechanism after uprising. It should be noted that this lifting operation is prohibited to any child by the mere weight of the hatch, which makes it a safety organ.

Le dispositif de protection 32 selon la présente invention est représenté sur la figure 2. Ce dispositif comprend des consoles 34 support, partiellement immergées et un panneau 36 de protection.The protection device 32 according to the present invention is represented on the figure 2 . This device comprises brackets 34 support, partially immersed and a panel 36 of protection.

Chaque console est prévue pour être rapportée sur le bord de la piscine, à savoir juste sous la margelle et sur la paroi du mur transversal sur laquelle elles sont rapportées, en l'occurrence le mur 12 du grand bassin, mais toujours au-dessus de la surface de l'eau.Each console is intended to be attached to the edge of the pool, namely just under the lip and on the wall of the transverse wall on which they are reported, in this case the wall 12 of the large pool, but always above the surface of the water.

Une console est détaillée sur les figures 3 et 4. Chaque console comprend ainsi un sabot 38 supérieur, un montant 40 vertical, une équerre 42 et un bras 44 incliné. La console est avantageusement réalisée en matériau métallique du type aluminium ou acier inoxydable.A console is detailed on figures 3 and 4 . Each console thus comprises an upper shoe 38, a vertical upright 40, a bracket 42 and an inclined arm 44. The console is advantageously made of metal material of the aluminum or stainless steel type.

Le sabot 38 supérieur est prévu pour être rapporté sur le bord du bassin par sa languette 46 par exemple au moyen de vis. Des pattes 48 permettent de fixer ce sabot sur la paroi verticale du mur 12, au-dessus de la surface de l'eau.The upper shoe 38 is intended to be attached to the edge of the basin by its tongue 46 for example by means of screws. Tabs 48 make it possible to fix this shoe on the vertical wall of the wall 12, above the surface of the water.

Le montant 40 vertical est de hauteur adaptée en fonction des besoins. Sa position peut aussi être ajustée par rapport au sabot mais dans une plus faible mesure.The amount 40 vertical is of height adapted according to the needs. Its position can also be adjusted relative to the hoof but to a lesser extent.

L'équerre 42 permet de générer le déport par rapport au mur et le bras incliné permet d'ajuster l'angulation nécessaire comme il sera expliqué plus avant.The bracket 42 makes it possible to generate the offset relative to the wall and the inclined arm makes it possible to adjust the necessary angulation as will be explained further.

Comme montré sur les figures 3 et 5 plus particulièrement, les différentes parties de cette console peuvent être également réglables pour faciliter les ajustements.As shown on figures 3 and 5 more particularly, the different parts of this console can also be adjustable to facilitate adjustments.

Le panneau 36 de protection est réalisé de façon avantageuse à partir de lames emboîtées en polychlorure de vinyle ou PVC, bien connues dans le domaine de la fabrication des portails et autres battants.The protection panel 36 is advantageously made from nested polyvinyl chloride or PVC blades, well known in the field of the manufacture of gates and other leaves.

Ce panneau 36 de protection comprend dans le mode de réalisation préféré, au moins une face, en l'occurrence deux faces, une face S1 de sécurité et en plus une face S2 de finition.This protection panel 36 comprises in the preferred embodiment, at least one face, in this case two faces, a safety face S1 and in addition a finishing face S2 .

La face S1 est la plus importante car elle assure la protection et pourrait être seule dans le cas de certains agencements. Cette face S1 assure la protection du rideau dans sa position enroulée et/ou déroulée partiellement et elle est inclinée entre la surface de l'eau et le mur 12 et/ou le fond 20.The face S1 is the most important because it provides protection and could be alone in the case of certain arrangements. This face S1 ensures the protection of the curtain in its wound and / or partially unwound position and it is inclined between the surface of the water and the wall 12 and / or the bottom 20.

La face S2 de finition est destinée à venir verticalement une fois le panneau en place comme il est décrit ci-après. Cette face de finition contribue également à la sécurité et elle permet de limiter le prolongement de la face S1 trop loin et de générer ainsi un encombrement trop important.The finishing face S2 is intended to come vertically once the panel in place as described below. This finishing face also contributes to safety and it limits the extension of the face S1 too far and thus generate too much space.

Le panneau 36 de protection est muni de chapes 50 de fixation destinées à coopérer les consoles, prises dans leur extrémité libre, à savoir le bras 44 incliné. Les chapes se montent par emboîtement et des clavetages par exemple interdisent le retrait intempestif.The protection panel 36 is provided with fixing screeds 50 intended to cooperate the brackets, taken in their free end, namely the inclined arm 44. The screeds are mounted by interlocking and clavetages for example prohibit inadvertent withdrawal.

De façon préférentielle, les chapes et les éléments constituant la console sont des tubes à section carrée.Preferably, the yokes and the elements constituting the console are square section tubes.

En se reportant à la figure 6, on constate que, lorsque les consoles sont rapportées sur le bassin, le panneau 36 de protection se trouve positionné avec la face principale S1 inclinée entre le mur 12 et/ou le fond 20 et la face S2 de finition verticale.Referring to the figure 6 it is found that when the brackets are attached to the basin, the protection panel 36 is positioned with the main face S1 inclined between the wall 12 and / or the bottom 20 and the vertical finishing face S2 .

On note un espace limité E1 entre le bord du panneau 36 de protection et le mur 12 et E2 entre le bord du panneau 36 de protection et le fond 20.There is a limited space E1 between the edge of the protection panel 36 and the wall 12 and E2 between the edge of the protection panel 36 and the bottom 20.

Il suffit que l'un des deux espaces E1 ou E2 soit inférieur à la distance prévue par les normes et autres législations pour que le panneau agisse en temps qu'élément de sécurité.It is sufficient that one of the two spaces E1 or E2 is less than the distance provided by the standards and other legislation for the panel to act as a security element.

Cette face S1 peut subir des mouvements en inclinaison dans une faible amplitude mais néanmoins suffisante pour absorber de façon élastique les déformations sans que le panneau lui-même ne subisse de déformations plastiques irrémédiables. En effet, ce sont les consoles par leurs différents bras qui absorbent les déformations.This face S1 can undergo inclination movements in a small amplitude but nevertheless sufficient to elastically absorb deformations without the panel itself being subjected to irremediable plastic deformations. Indeed, it is the consoles by their different arms that absorb the deformations.

De plus la multiplication régulière de plusieurs consoles dans la largeur assure une reprise des efforts de façon proportionnée et répartie.In addition the regular multiplication of several consoles in the width ensures a recovery of the efforts in a proportionate and distributed way.

La face S2 de finition permet de venir immédiatement au-dessous de la surface de l'eau pour ne laisser subsister qu'un espace E3 entre son bord et la trappe 30.The finishing face S2 makes it possible to come immediately below the surface of the water to leave only a space E3 between its edge and the hatch 30.

De même si la distance E3 est inférieure à la distance de passage de sécurité imposée par les normes et autres législations, la panneau 36 de protection agit comme organe de sécurité.Similarly, if the distance E3 is less than the safety clearance distance imposed by the standards and other legislation, the protection panel 36 acts as a safety device.

Le panneau de protection vient sensiblement entourer la partie exposée du rideau flottant sur ses deux faces immédiatement accessibles, les deux autres étant rendue inaccessibles par le mur en lui-même et par la trappe.The protection panel substantially surround the exposed portion of the curtain floating on its two faces immediately accessible, the other two being made inaccessible by the wall itself and by the hatch.

Un baigneur peut prendre appui sur cette face S2 sans générer de déformations car les consoles absorbent également les efforts en se déformant elles-mêmes.A bather can bear on this face S2 without generating deformations because the consoles also absorb the efforts by deforming themselves.

Les mouvements de l'eau ne peuvent engendrer de déformations plastiques ou des dégradations du panneau grâce au montage selon la présente invention qui permet d'absorber les efforts dans le domaine élastique.The movements of the water can not cause plastic deformations or degradation of the panel thanks to the assembly according to the present invention which makes it possible to absorb the forces in the elastic domain.

De même, les consoles support peuvent comporter des bras qui se prolongent au droit de la face S2 afin de renforcer la résistance mécanique de l'ensemble.Similarly, the support consoles may comprise arms that extend to the right side S2 to enhance the strength of the assembly.

Le dispositif selon la présente invention répond à la problématique exposée en préambule puisque les risques de fuite du liner sont supprimés, les déformations du panneau de protection sont très fortement limitées, la sécurité par interdiction de passage est assurée, la mise en place du panneau de protection sur les consoles est instantanée et on constate qu'il est possible de mettre en place le dispositif dans des bassins neufs mais aussi dans des bassins anciens qui sont équipés a posteriori d'un rideau.The device according to the present invention responds to the problem stated in the preamble since the risks of leakage of the liner are eliminated, the deformations of the protection panel are very severely limited, the safety by prohibition of passage is ensured, the installation of the panel of protection on the consoles is instantaneous and it is found that it is possible to set up the device in new basins but also in old basins that are retrofitted with a curtain.

Un avantage induit est le masquage à la vue des baigneurs du rideau en position enroulée sous la trappe. Les baigneurs ne peuvent voir que partiellement le panneau de protection qui est incliné.An advantage induced is the masking at the sight of bathers curtain in the rolled up position under the hatch. Swimmers can only partially see the protective panel that is tilted.

Les corps étrangers qui se trouvent en fond de bassin peuvent être aspirés par le robot de nettoyage car le panneau laisse un espace minimal certes mais suffisant pour ne pas fermer une zone d'accumulation et laisse la circulation des débris.The foreign bodies that are at the bottom of the pond can be sucked by the cleaning robot because the panel leaves a minimum space certainly but sufficient to not close an accumulation zone and allows the flow of debris.

Les corps étrangers accumulés sur le rideau sont éliminés lors de leur arrivée au-delà du panneau de protection durant l'enroulement, ce qui conduit à leur élimination par les squimmers.The foreign bodies accumulated on the curtain are eliminated when they arrive beyond the protection panel during winding, which leads to their elimination by the squimmers.

Selon un perfectionnement de l'invention, le sabot 38 peut être réalisé en deux parties de sorte à laisser l'ancrage avec la languette sur le dessus du bassin tandis que le reste de la console est retiré.According to an improvement of the invention, the shoe 38 can be made in two parts so as to leave the anchor with the tongue on the top of the basin while the rest of the console is removed.

Ceci permet un accès au liner et plus généralement au rail sur lequel il est monté sans avoir à démonter les ancrages principaux.This allows access to the liner and more generally to the rail on which it is mounted without having to dismount the main anchorages.

On note aussi que la mise en place du dispositif selon la présente invention et son retrait peuvent être réalisés sans avoir à vidanger le contenu du bassin, ce qui est particulièrement appréciable.It is also noted that the installation of the device according to the present invention and its removal can be achieved without having to drain the contents of the basin, which is particularly significant.

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  1. A protection device for a floating swimming-pool cover (26) designed to be wound around a motorised shaft (28) in the immediate vicinity of a wall (12) of the basin (10) of said swimming pool, characterised in that it comprises supporting sustainers (34), partially submerged, attached to this wall (12) by fixing means (38), situated on top of the surface of the water, and a protection panel (36) designed to be attached to said sustainers by connecting means (44, 50).
  2. A protection device for a floating cover (26) according to claim 1, characterised in that each supporting sustainer (34) comprises a top shoe (38), a vertical upright (40), an angle bracket (42) and an inclined arm (44).
  3. A protection device for a floating cover according to claim 2, characterised in that the top shoe (38) is designed to be attached to the edge of the basin (10) by a tongue (46) and to the vertical side of the wall (12), by lugs (48), situated above the surface of the water.
  4. A protection device for a floating cover (26) according to claim 3, characterised in that the shoe (38) is produced in two parts, one, the tongue (46), being able to rest on the edge of the basin.
  5. A protection device for a floating cover (26) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the various parts of each sustainer are adjustable.
  6. A protection device for a floating cover (26) according to any one of claims 3, 4 or 5, characterised in that the means of connecting each supporting sustainer (34) with the protection panel (36) comprises fixing caps (50) intended to cooperate with the inclined arm (44) of the sustainers, by nesting.
  7. A protection device for a floating cover (26) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the protection panel (36) comprises at least one safety face S1, this main face S1 being inclined between the wall (12) and/or the bottom (20) and the surface of the water.
  8. A protection device for a floating cover (26) according to claim 7, characterised in that the protection panel (36) comprises a finishing and safety face S2 intended to become vertical once the panel is in place and associated with the surface S1.
  9. A protection device for a floating cover (26) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the protection panel (36) is advantageously produced from slats.
  10. A protection device for a floating cover (26) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the connection means (50) comprise supporting sustainers (34) and caps (50) produced from tubes with a square cross-section.
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