Automatic pool cleaner with edge engagement assembly
AssigneeAqua Products, Inc.
InventorsKameshwar Durvasula, Ethan Hanan
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Abstract
An autonomous pool cleaner includes a main body, a filter that is removably coupled to the main body, and an edge engagement assembly. The main body includes a top, a bottom, and one or more peripheral walls that extend between the top and the bottom. The filter is accessible for removal or installation via a particular peripheral wall of the one or more peripheral walls. The edge engagement assembly is configured to extend beyond the particular peripheral wall of the main body and removably secure the autonomous pool cleaner to an edge of a swimming pool so that the filter is accessible and vertically removable when the autonomous pool cleaner is secured to the edge.
Claims20
An autonomous pool cleaner, comprising:
- a main body with top, a bottom, and one or more peripheral walls that extend between the top and the bottom;
- a filter that is removably coupled to the main body, the filter being accessible for removal or installation via a particular peripheral wall of the one or more peripheral walls;
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- an edge engagement assembly configured to extend beyond the particular peripheral wall of the main body and removably secure the autonomous pool cleaner to an edge of a swimming pool so that the filter is accessible and vertically removable when the autonomous pool cleaner is secured to the edge.
An autonomous pool cleaner, comprising:
- a main body with a top, a bottom, and one or more peripheral walls that extend between the top and the bottom;
- a filter that is removably coupled to the main body and accessible for removal or installation via a particular peripheral wall of the one or more peripheral walls;
- an edge engagement assembly configured to extend beyond the particular peripheral wall and selectively secure the autonomous pool cleaner to an edge of a pool;
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- an onboard control system configured to deploy the edge engagement assembly when the particular peripheral wall is disposed at a water line of the pool and adjacent the edge, wherein deploying the edge engagement assembly secures the autonomous pool cleaner to the edge of the pool in a position where the filter is accessible by an end user standing on the edge.
A method for operating an autonomous pool cleaner comprising:
- determining that a cleaning operation performed by an autonomous pool cleaner with a filter that is removable from a peripheral wall of the pool cleaner has or should be terminated;
- based on the determining, causing the autonomous pool cleaner to climb a wall towards a water line of a pool;
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- upon reaching the water line, securing the autonomous pool cleaner to a pool edge with an edge engagement assembly in a position where the filter is accessible from the pool edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.