Water skimmer
AssigneeMarquis Corp.
InventorLoren C. Brooks
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Abstract
A skimmer for an installation confining a pool of water through which surface water exits from the installation. The skimmer has a hollow dome with openings in the sides of the dome. The skimmer has a tray with a perforate floor extending under the base of the dome. Surface water cascades through the openings and downwardly within the dome to thence flow through the floor of the tray.
Claims8
In combination with an installation having a floor and upright side walls extending up from the floor defining a hollow water-holding interior for the installation,
- a skimmer positioned within said interior at an elevation above said floor for draining surface water from water held within said interior,
- said skimmer comprising a dome with a base and a cap, and the dome arching upwardly extending from said base to said cap,
- a mounting for the dome securing the dome in a fixed position within said interior,
- an opening for the flow of surface water into the dome, and said opening extending from adjacent the base to adjacent the cap of the dome, and
- a skimmer outlet for draining water out from the base of the skimmer, a filter housing mounted below said base, and a source of suction connected to said housing.
In combination with a spa having upright side walls defining a hollow water-holding interior for the spa, one side wall of the spa including a normally submerged substantially horizontal ledge expanse,
- a skimmer for draining surface water from the water within the spa interior,
- said skimmer including a dome with an open base and a cap,
- a mounting for the dome mounting the dome in a fixed position within the interior of the spa and on said ledge expanse,
- said dome having an opening extending from adjacent the base of the dome to adjacent the cap of the dome accommodating the flow of surface water into the dome,
- the skimmer further including a tray portion joined to and enclosing off the base of said dome and the tray portion including a perforate floor forming a strainer at the base of the skimmer,
- a pump with a pump intake for circulating spa water,
- a filter housing having filtering material within it connecting with the intake of the pump,
- the filter housing and the pump being located on the outside of the spa,
- wherein the interior of said dome connects through said tray portion with the interior of said filter housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.