Automatic pool cleaner system utilizing electric and suction power
OwnerMelvyn L. Henkin, Jordan M. Labyinventors
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Abstract
An automatic pool cleaning system employing a unitary body configured to move through a pool to collect debris from adjacent to the pool containment wall surface and/or the pool water surface and more particularly to such systems which utilize electric power for propulsion and/or cleaning in combination with water suction power for cleaning and/or propulsion and/or electric generation.
Claims44
Apparatus for cleaning the surface of a wall containing a water pool and/or the surface of said water pool, said apparatus comprising:
- a cleaner body;
- a propulsion subsystem carried by said body for moving said body along a path adjacent to said wall surface and/or water surface;
- a cleaning subsystem carried by said body for collecting pool water as it moves along said path;
- an electric power source for supplying electric power to at least one of said subsystems;
- a suction power source for supplying suction power to at least one of said subsystems;
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- a level control subsystem carried by said body for producing a vertical force to selectively place said body either (1) proximate to said wall surface or (2) proximate to said water pool surface.
Apparatus for cleaning the surface of a wall containing a water pool and/or the water surface of said pool, said apparatus comprising:
- a cleaner body;
- a propulsion subsystem carried by said body for moving said body along a path adjacent to said wall surface and/or said water surface;
- a cleaning subsystem carried by said body for collecting pool water as it moves along said path;
- an electric power source for supplying electric power to at least one of said subsystems;
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- a pump located externally of said water pool for supplying suction power to at least one of said subsystems via a hose coupled to said body for drawing pool water therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.