Swimming pool cover system with reel diameter adjustment block and associated methods
AssigneeCover-Pools, Inc.
InventorsLamont Drechsel, Nathan Dewyea
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Abstract
A reel for a swimming pool cover system includes an adjustable outer diameter that may receive a rope of the swimming pool cover system. The reel also includes an adjuster that may selectively change the outer diameter of the reel. A method for controlling an outer diameter of the reel includes controlling an adjuster of the reel such that the outer diameter of the reel changes.
Claims8
A reel for a swimming pool cover system, the reel comprising an adjustable outer diameter configured to receive a rope of the swimming pool cover system and an adjuster configured to selectively change the outer diameter of the reel, wherein the reel comprises a reel body and an adjustment block supported on the reel body, wherein the adjustment block is the adjuster, wherein the reel body and the adjustment block together define the outer diameter of the reel, and wherein the adjustment block is pivotable relative to the reel body such that the outer diameter is adjustable.
A reel for a swimming pool cover system, the reel comprising an adjustable outer diameter configured to receive a rope of the swimming pool cover system and an adjuster configured to selectively change the outer diameter of the reel, the reel further comprising an adjustment system configured to control a position of the adjustment block relative to the reel body, wherein the adjustment system comprises a first adjustment support supported on the reel body, a second adjustment support supported on the adjustment block, and the adjuster engaged with the first adjustment support and the second adjustment support.
A reel system comprising:
- a reel comprising an adjustable outer diameter configured to receive a rope of a swimming pool cover system and an adjuster configured to selectively change the outer diameter of the reel;
- a first reel plate;
- a second reel plate,
- wherein the first reel plate and the second reel plate each comprise an outer diameter that is greater than the outer diameter of the reel, and
- wherein the reel is positioned between the first reel plate and the second reel plate;
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- a pivot pin connecting the first reel plate, the adjuster, and the second reel plate, and wherein the adjuster is pivotably supported on the pivot pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.