Lift for giving access to the water in a swimming bath or a re-education pool

A device for giving access to water to persons with reduced mobility, comprising:

• a top plate;
• a bottom plate;
• a baseplate secured to the ground;
• a fixed support post mounted on said baseplate and comprising a steel tube welded to said top plate and a stainless steel tubular shaft centered in said steel tube, said tubular shaft having a bottom end welded to said bottom plate and a top end welded to said top plate;
• a rotation block rotatably mounted on said tubular shaft, said rotation block comprising a parallelepipedal frame having front, upper, and lower surfaces, said front surface being sloping and said upper and lower surfaces having a rear and being provided at said rear with completely concentric bearings, said bearings pivoting exactly around said tubular shaft, a bearing plate positioned inside said frame, a rod mounted on and secured to said tubular shaft, pin means and clamping means for securing said rod to said tubular shaft, a horizontal jack having a rear end and a nose, said rear end of said horizontal jack being secured inside said frame on said bearing plate, rear joint means for securing said rear end of said horizontal jack to said bearing plate, and strap means screwed to said nose of said jack and connected to said rod for pivotally mounting said rotation block on said tubular shaft;
• a guide plate comprising a fixed upright secured to said front surface of said rotation block, said fixed upright having a top, a bottom, first and second sides, a rear surface, and upper and lower brackets mounted to said top and bottom, respectively;
• a moving upright having a top, a bottom, first and second sides, and a gusset mounted at said bottom, said moving upright sliding in said fixed upright;
• slide means for mounting said moving upright to said fixed upright for up-and-down sliding motion;
• a vertical jack secured inside said fixed upright by said upper and lower brackets, said vertical jack having a nose and an upper end, said nose being secured to said bottom of said moving upright by said gusset, said vertical jack moving said moving upright with respect to said fixed upright over a distance corresponding to the length of the stroke of said vertical jack;
• and
• a seat secured to said moving upright.