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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Zodiac Pool Care Europe, Paris, FR;
Louis Favie, Colomiers, FR;
Remi Deloche, Toulouse, FR;
ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Detailed is a device for guiding a cable for linking a submerged robot, in particular a robot for cleaning swimming pools, to the device for controlling and powering same, said guiding device including: a. a coupling including a rotary connector, connected by one side to a first floating portion of the linking cable extending from the control and power device to said coupling and, by the other side, to a second portion of the linking cable extending from said coupling to the submerged robot; b. a floating mounting including: b(i). a float; b(ii). an interface for mechanically linking the rotary connector to said float; and b(iii). a hood extending above the surface when the floating mounting is submerged in a liquid and removably connected to the float; c. in which the mechanical link between the float and the rotary coupling is a ball-and-socket link.