Skimmer-diverter assembly for removing debris from swimming pools and the like

A skimmer-diverter assembly for swimming pools having a water circulation and filtration system and a skimmer intake at a side wall thereof and having an established flow direction of circulation, said assembly comprising:

• elongated arm means having one end thereof adapted to be positioned adjacent the downstream side of a said skimmer intake and an opposite end:
• mounting means on said one end of for pivotally mounting said assembly adjacent a said skimmer intake to permit said opposite end to be positioned, selectively, away from and adjacent to a side wall;
• first flow diverting means on said arm means extending from a position above the water surface in a said pool to a position below said water surface and constraining water circulating in said established direction of circulation to flow both upwardly and inwardly along the upstream side of said arm means and into a said skimmer intake when the opposite end of said arm means is away from said side wall and said arm means is angled acutely with respect to said wall into the said direction of circulation to effect an operative position thereof;
• second flow diverting means on said other end of said arm means extending from a position above to a position below the said water surface for enhancing the flow inward along said arm means constrained by said first flow diverting means and constraining said water circulating in said pool to flow inwardly along the downstream side of said arm means when said arm is in said operative position;
• flow augmenting means positioned on said arm means for augmenting said flow inward along said arm means to enhance the entrainment of debris thereby and accelerate said entrained debris toward said pool side wall and said skimmer intake;
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• retaining means for selectively retaining said arm portion in said operative position.