Swimming pool skimmer including slidable weir gate and related methods

A skimmer for a swimming pool comprising:

• a skimmer housing having a water inlet opening coupled to an aperture in a wall of the swimming pool at a waterline thereof, the skimmer housing having first and second opposing vertical skimmer housing passageways;
• a plurality of protruding bodies coupled to said skimmer housing within the first and second opposing vertical skimmer housing passageways;
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• a weir gate carried by the skimmer housing and slideably moveable within the first and second opposing vertical skimmer housing passageways relative to the water inlet opening between open position and closed position blocking the water inlet opening, said weir gate having first and second opposing vertical weir gate passageways therein to engage the plurality of protruding bodies.

A skimmer for a swimming pool comprising:

• a skimmer housing having a water inlet opening coupled to an aperture in a wall of the swimming pool at a waterline thereof, the skimmer housing having first and second opposing vertical skimmer housing passageways adjacent the water inlet opening;
• a plurality of rollers coupled to said skimmer housing within the first and second opposing vertical skimmer housing passageways;
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• a weir gate carried by the skimmer housing and slideably moveable within the first and second opposing vertical skimmer housing passageways relative to the water inlet opening between open position and closed position blocking the water inlet opening, said weir gate having first and second opposing vertical weir gate passageways therein to engage the plurality of rollers.

A method of making a skimmer for a swimming pool comprising:

• forming a skimmer housing to have a water inlet opening coupled to an aperture in a wall of the swimming pool at a waterline thereof, and to have first and second opposing vertical skimmer housing passageways;
• coupling a plurality of protruding bodies to the skimmer body within the first and second opposing vertical skimmer housing passageways;
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• positioning a weir gate to be slideably moveable within the first and second opposing vertical skimmer housing passageways relative to the water inlet opening between open position and closed position blocking the water inlet opening, and so that first and second opposing vertical weir gate passageways of the weir gate therein engage the plurality of protruding bodies.