Swimming pool overflow protector
OwnerBernard R. Millerinventor
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Abstract
A system for overflow protection for swimming pools and tanks that conserves water by taking excess water from the bottom of the tank including a weighted hose directed near the bottom of the tank and connected to the protector. The protector has inlet, outlet and vent passages, where the inlet is at an elevation below the surface of the pool and the nadir of the outlet passage is at the surface elevation of the pool and the vent is open. A hose connected to the outlet directs overflow away from the pool. Charging the weighted hose will cause fluid above the outlet elevation to discharge excess fluid. In an alternative embodiment a plug is inserted into the vent and charging the weighted hose will cause the pool to drain to the level of the end of the hose.
Claims4
A fluid overflow protection system, for open pools containing a fluid therein, comprising:
- (a) a protector member comprising;
- an outlet passage, in the protector member, having an end of the outlet passage open;
- an inlet passage, in the protector member, traverse to the outlet passage and communicating with the outlet passage at another end of the outlet passage;
- an inlet connector attached to the protector member communicating with an end of the inlet passage;
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- an outlet connector, attached to the protector member, communicating with the end of the outlet passage that is open;
- (b) an inlet swimming pool vacuum hose connected to the inlet connector;
- (c) a weight means connected to one end of the inlet vacuum hose for causing the inlet vacuum hose to be submerged in the fluid;
- (d) an outlet swimming pool vacuum hose connected to the outlet connector;
- (e) an expandable plug means adapted to seal another end of the inlet passage;
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- (f) a protector support to support the protector member comprising a metal sheet folded at each end and containing apertures for supporting the inlet swimming pool vacuum hose and adapted for mounting on a vertical surface.
A fluid overflow protection system, for open pools containing a fluid therein, comprising:
- (a) a protector member comprising;
- an outlet passage, in the protector member, having an end of the outlet passage open;
- an inlet passage, in the protector member, traverse to the outlet passage and communicating with the outlet passage at another end of the outlet passage;
- an inlet connector attached to the protector member communicating with an end of the inlet passage;
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- an outlet connector, attached to the protector member, communicating with the end of the outlet passage that is open;
- (b) an inlet swimming pool vacuum hose connected to the inlet connector;
- (c) a weight means connected to one end of the inlet vacuum hose for causing the inlet vacuum hose to be submerged in the fluid;
- (d) an outlet swimming pool vacuum hose connected to the outlet connector;
- (e) an expandable plug means adapted to seal another end of the inlet passage;
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- (f) a protector support to support the protector member comprising a ground spike, including a pair of spaced apart loops for supporting the inlet swimming pool vacuum hose, and is adapted for placement in a ground location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.