Swimming pool cover assembly

A new and improved combined swimming pool cover and rollup apparatus comprising:

• a flexible cover for substantially covering a water surface of said swimming pool, said flexible cover comprising:
• a plurality of hinge rods;
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• a plurality of flexible sections, each said section having a plurality of integral conduits centrally distributed along opposing edges to matably interleave with an opposing section to form a single elongated hinge sleeve, each said hinge sleeve for receiving one of said plurality of hinge rods for pivotally attaching said flexible sections together to form said flexible cover;
• a rotatable elongated roller having an end of said flexible cover attached thereto;
• portable support means for selectively supporting said elongated roller proximate an edge of said swimming pool;
• a debris collection means for cleaning debris off of said flexible cover during a rolling thereof about said elongated roller and for collecting said debris for later disposal after said cover has been cleaned, said debris collection means further including a debris collection pan removably positionable beneath said elongated roller;
• a debris deflector positioned in a juxtaposed relationship to said elongated roller, whereby a surface of said flexible cover to be cleaned will be continuously drawn over said debris deflector during a rolling of said flexible cover about said elongated roller, thereby to removably deflect debris from said flexible cover during said rolling;
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• handle means attached to said elongated roller and being operable to effect a rotational movement of said elongated roller to roll and unroll said flexible cover thereabout, whereby debris deflected from said flexible cover by said debris deflector is collected in said debris collection pan.