Swimming pool cleaner water surface diverter
AssigneeKreepy Krauly Australia Pty Ltd
InventorWieslaw Niewiarowski
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Abstract
A pool cleaner water surface diverter 7 that will break the pool water surface 1 before the pool cleaner 4 reaches the surface, or at least before the suction of the cleaner 4 is able to suck in air. A rim 12 extends beyond a physical envelope of the cleaner, such as being wider than is the cleaner. Ideally the diverter has neutral or near neutral buoyancy in the pool water. A central hub on a pool hose 5 allows rotation of the diverter relative to the hose. compartments/containers may contain a substantially buoyancy neutral fluid or material in water e.g. PVA foam.
Claims20
A swimming pool cleaner water surface diverter, wherein the diverter connects to or is part of a swimming pool cleaner having a hose attached to the pool swimming cleaner at approximately 90° to a surface of a swimming pool on which the pool cleaner travels, wherein the diverter includes at least one support member extending from a central hub to a rim, said rim extending beyond a footprint of the pool cleaner, and wherein a portion of the diverter is arranged and configured, in use, to breach a surface of the water and restrict or prevent the pool cleaner from breaching the water surface sufficient for the pool cleaner to intake air.
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