Pool cover roller assembly
AssigneeFeherguard Products
InventorsWayne Guard, Tibor Feher
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Abstract
A roller apparatus for winding and unwinding a pool cover is provided which comprises a telescoping roller section which can be adjusted in length, wheel or pedestal supports to support the roller above a pool edge, axle members connecting the roller to the wheel or pedestal supports, the latter containing ball bearings to permit axle rotation and means, such as a crank or motor, connected to one of the axle members for rotating the roller to collect the pool cover, the latter being connected to the roller. Once the pool cover is taken up, the apparatus can be rolled on its wheels, or carried where pedestal supports are used, to a storage area.
Claims20
An apparatus adapted to be rested on a surface adjacent to a pool for use in removing and storing a swimming pool cover and the like, comprising:
- a telescoping roller member having a first tubular section and two second tubular sections, each section having inside and outside diameter walls, said second tubular sections adapted to be telescopically disposed one from each end of said first tubular section to provide first and second roller ends, said first tubular section further defining a plurality of uniformly spaced ribs disposed from its inner diameter wall and extending longitudinally of the section from end to end thereof, said second tubular sections further defining a plurality of similarly spaced ribs disposed from their outer diameter walls, and extending longitudinally of each section from end to end thereof, the said inner wall ribs of said first tubular section engaging upon the said outer wall ribs of said second member when the said ribs of each section are aligned radially, thereby fixing said sections relative to each other;
- support means for mounting the first and second ends of the roller for rotational movement of the roller above the surface on which the apparatus is to be rested such that the pool cover can be wound onto the roller;
- means for securing an edge portion of the pool cover to the roller;
- and,
- means for use in rotating said roller for winding up and unwinding said pool cover.
An apparatus adapted to be rested on a surface adjacent to a pool for use in removing and storing a swimming pool cover and the like, comprising:
- a telescoping roller member having first and second ends which are telescopically separable to vary the distance between said roller ends, said roller having a first tubular section and at least one second tubular section, each section having inside and outside diameter walls, said second tubular section adapted to be telescopically disposed from an end of said first tubular section, said tubular sections when so telescoped providing said first and second roller ends, said first tubular section further defining a plurality of uniformly spaced ribs disposed from its inner diameter wall and extending longitudinally of the section from end to end thereof, said second tubular section further defining a plurality of similarly spaced ribs disposed from its outer diameter wall, and extending longitudinally of the section from end to end thereof, the said ribs of said first tubular section engaging upon the said ribs of said second tubular section when the said ribs of each section are aligned radially, thereby fixing said tubular sections relative to each other;
- support means for mounting the first and second ends of the roller for rotational movement of the roller above the surface on which the apparatus is to be rested such that the pool cover can be wound onto the roller;
- means for securing an edge portion of the pool cover to the roller;
- and,
- means for use in rotating said roller for winding up and unwinding said pool cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.