Pool surface cleaner
OwnerAaron L. Arnold, Daniel A. Woodwardinventors
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Abstract
A cleaner for removing floating debris from the surface of pools has a floating body with a central chamber within which is positioned a screen. An impeller at the front of the cleaner propels water rearward into the chamber, and propels the cleaner. The water passes through the screen and exits from the chamber. In one example the screen is mounted in a removable support structure, which can be removed through the rear of the body for emptying. The impeller is driven by a motor powered by a solar cell array and batteries.
Claims13
A self-propelled pool surface cleaner for self generated floating movement on a surface of a pool, comprising:
- a main body having a central chamber and including a float member extending on each side of said central chamber;
- a front surface extending across said body forward of said central chamber, said front surface extending below said surface of a pool;
- a barrier extending across said body, said barrier positioned at a rear edge of said front surface and at a front edge of said central chamber;
- an impeller extending across said body above said front surface and adjacent to said barrier for propulsion of water from said surface of said pool rearward over said barrier into said central chamber to produce forward reaction action for movement of the cleaner on said surface of said pool;
- a screen mounted in said central chamber and an exit from said central chamber, water flowing through said screen and from said central chamber;
- drive means on said body for rotating said impeller, said drive means including an electric motor;
- a self-contained power source in said body for supplying power to said electric motor and including a solar cell array on said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.