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US 5,398,361 AGranted
Vacuum cleaner for submerged non-parallel surfaces
OwnerKurt N. Casoninventor
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner head for simultaneously use on submerged non-parallel surfaces, such as the bottom and side of a swimming pool. The cleaning head is divided into multiple parts, connected so that certain parts may rotate up to an angle of almost ninety degrees from the bottom.
Claims1
In a vacuum cleaner of the type used on submerged surfaces and having a cleaning head and means for connecting said cleaning head to a source of vacuum so that fluid surrounding said cleaning head can be withdrawn through said cleaning head, the improvement comprising:
- (a) said cleaning head comprising
- a first part;
- a first chamber in the first part;
- a second part hingedly connected to the first part;
- a second chamber in the second part;
- a third part hingedly connected to the first part;
- a third chamber in the third part;
- and
- a first flexible conduit connected, at one end, to the first part and connected, at another end, to the second part;
- the first chamber communicating with the second chamber through the first flexible conduit;
- a second flexible conduit connected, at one end, to the first part and connected, at another end, to the third part;
- the first chamber communicating with the third chamber through the second flexible conduit;
- a third flexible conduit connected, at one end, to the first part and connected, at another end, to a vacuum source;
- the vacuum source communicating with the first chamber through the third flexible conduit;
- the second chamber tapering upward from a shorter distal end to a higher proximate end near the first flexible conduit;
- and
- the third chamber tapering upward from a shorter distal end to a higher proximate end near the second flexible conduit;
- (b) a plurality of multi-directional rotational castor-type wheels on the cleaning head;
- (c) a manipulating member releasably attached to the cleaning head;
- and
- (d) a plurality of non-flotation weights on the cleaning head.
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