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US 12,747,605 B2Granted
Automatic swimming pool cleaners especially adept at climbing and cleaning pool stairs
AssigneeZodiac Pool Systems LLC
InventorsHendrikus Johannes van der Meijden, Abian van der Meijden, Dustin Borg
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Abstract
Described are apparatus, systems, and methods of improving cleaning of, e.g., stairs of swimming pools. Automatic swimming pool cleaners (APCs) capable of autonomous movement within water-containing vessels may be utilized to provide enhanced cleaning of sections of the vessels containing stairs or other angled surfaces.
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An automatic swimming pool cleaner comprising:
- a body defining an inlet for receiving water of a swimming pool, wherein the automatic swimming pool cleaner comprises a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and opposing lateral sides between the first and second ends, wherein the first end or the second end forms a leading end when the automatic swimming pool cleaner is moving along a surface of a swimming pool;
- motive elements at the opposing lateral sides and configured to move the body along the surface of the swimming pool;
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- outlets for exhausting the water from the lateral sides of automatic swimming pool cleaner, wherein the outlets are angled outwards and upwards relative to the lateral sides such that the water is exhausted away from the surface, and wherein the outlets are unobstructed.
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An automatic swimming pool cleaner comprising:
- a body defining an inlet for receiving water of a swimming pool, wherein the automatic swimming pool cleaner comprises a front end and a back end arranged along a direction of travel of the automatic swimming pool cleaner, the automatic swimming pool cleaner further comprising opposing lateral sides between the front end and the back end;
- at least two motive elements, wherein the at least two motive elements are at the opposing lateral sides and are configured to move the body along a surface of a swimming pool;
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- an outlet for exhausting the water from the one of the lateral sides, wherein the outlet is angled (i) away from one of the opposing lateral sides of the automatic swimming pool cleaner and at least one of (ii) back relative to the direction of travel or (iii) away from the surface, and wherein the body houses a filter between the inlet and the outlet for filtering debris from the water before the outlet.
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An automatic swimming pool cleaner comprising:
- a body defining an inlet for receiving water of a swimming pool, wherein the automatic swimming pool cleaner comprises a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and opposing lateral sides between the first and second ends, wherein the first end or the second end forms a leading end when the automatic swimming pool cleaner is moving along a surface of a swimming pool;
- motive elements at the opposing lateral sides of the body and configured to move the body along the surface of the swimming pool;
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- an outlet for exhausting the water from the one of the opposing lateral sides of the automatic swimming pool cleaner, wherein the outlet is angled upwards and away from one of the motive elements at one of the opposing lateral sides, wherein the outlet is unobstructed, and wherein the body houses a filter between the inlet and the outlet for filtering debris from the water before the outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.