Method of purging air from a swimming pool hose
OwnerClifford Ron McKiddy, IIinventor
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Abstract
An in-line priming device removably attached between the vacuum hose, skimmer/filter basket and the hydraulic pump of a conventional poolside skimmer/vacuum system. The in-line priming device having a plurality of apertures which are substantially immersed in the fluid to be pumped such that initially the hydraulic pump can alternatively siphon fluid through the plurality of apertures rather than exclusively through a vacuum hose containing a fluid/air mixture and thus retain sufficient fluid to maintain its prime. The in-line priming device having closing means which are capable of regulating the amount of fluid passing through the plurality of apertures of the in-line device such that the plurality of apertures can be substantially closed as the air is purged from the vacuum hose.
Claims2
A method for purging air from a swimming pool hose, containing a fluid/air mixture, connected to a hydraulic vacuum pump through a skimmer/filter basket of a poolside skimmer, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an in-line tubular member comprising a front-end, a rear-end, an outer surface, an inner surface, one or more apertures interdisposed between the front-end and the rear-end, and one or more covers capable of substantially closing said one or more apertures, said one or more apertures extending from the outer surface of the in-line tubular member to the inner surface of the in-line tubular member;
- connecting the front-end of the in-line tubular member to a swimming pool vacuum hose and the rear-end of the in-line tubular member to the hydraulic pumping suction of a poolside skimmer/filter basket such that said one or more apertures are substantially immersed in water;
- opening one or more of the one or more covers for an optimum time interval to allow water to be siphoned through the one or more apertures and into the hydraulic pump such that the hydraulic pump establishes and maintains its prime while evacuating air from the vacuum hose;
- closing the one or more covers after the air has been purged from the vacuum hose such that hydraulic pump siphons water through the vacuum hose and not through the one or more apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.