Cleaning system for swimming pools and the like
OwnerJonathan E Meinckeinventor
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Abstract
A cleaning system for a swimming pool having plural active drains deployed about the bottom wall of a swimming pool and that cooperate with plural stationary nozzles mounted in the side walls that direct a flow of water down the side wall of the swimming pool. The directional nozzles dislodge debris from the side and bottom walls which is swept toward and received by the plural active floor drains, thus cleaning the pool. Additionally, the active floor drains have a grid cover that admits larger debris and does not prohibit the use of mobile pool cleaners. The active floor drains are connected to in-deck, fine mesh cannister filters to remove medium and large size debris before it reaches the water pump and balance of the pool filtration system.
Claims20
Apparatus, comprising:
- a swimming pool having side walls and a bottom wall;
- a filtration system;
- a water circulation means for circulating water between said pool and said filtration system;
- plural drains attached to said bottom wall of said swimming pool and in fluid connection with said water circulation means, each drain of said plural drains adapted to allow simultaneously said water circulation means to drain water from said pool;
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- means for directing sediment from said side walls of said swimming pool to said plural drains.
Apparatus, comprising:
- a swimming pool having side walls and a bottom wall;
- a filtration system;
- a water circulation means for circulating water between said pool and said filtration system;
- plural drains attached to said bottom wall of said swimming pool and in fluid connection with said water circulation means for draining water from said pool;
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- means carried by said side walls for directing sediment toward said plural drains.
A method for cleaning a swimming pool, said swimming pool having a bottom wall and a side wall, a filtration system and a water circulation system, said method comprising the steps of:
- directing a flow of water from said water circulation system down said side wall of said swimming pool to said bottom wall to dislodge sediment from said side wall;
- collecting said flow of water and said sediment by plural drains carried in said bottom wall;
- returning said flow of water with said sediment to said water circulation system;
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- filtering said water with said filtration system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.