Chair-lift with automatic control of the chair protective devices

A chair-lift having chair coupled on a line to an aerial rope and equipped with a swing-back protective hood, capable of occupying selectively two positions, a lower closed position protecting the passengers seated on the chair and a raised open position for the passengers to mount and dismount from said chair, a hood opening operation being performed at the entry to a terminal and a closing operation being performed at the exit from the terminal, wherein the chair comprises a first energy storage means for moving the hood from one of said positions to the other, a first catch inhibiting the action of said first energy storage means to hold the hood in said one position, said first catch being able to be unlatched to trigger an automatic movement of the hood to said other position due to the action of said first energy storage means, independently of the speed of the chair, and a reloading means of said first energy storage means, located in the terminal, for loading said first energy storage means during the passage of the chair through the terminal after said automatic movement of the hood to said other position, said reloading means not acting on said first catch.