Pool cleaner

A pool cleaner which comprises two outer segments and a central zone located between these two segments, the central zone connectable to a push-side hose which can deliver water to the cleaner, the central zone capable of moving over a surface to be cleaned and accommodating a suction passage for drawing in debris from the surface to be cleaned and delivering it to a debris collector, in which jets which provide a suction action in the suction passage are provided in the passage, the two segments comprising wheels which can run over the surface to be cleaned, the wheels being rotatively driven by water impinging directly thereon.

A pool cleaner which comprises two outer segments and a central zone located between these two segments, the central zone connectable to a push side hose which can deliver water to the cleaner, the central zone capable of moving over a surface to be cleaned and accommodating a suction passage for drawing in debris from the surface to be cleaned and delivering it to a debris collector, the two segments comprising wheels which can run over the surface to be cleaned and rotatively driven, the wheels being rotatively driven by water jets which impinge directly onto vanes on the wheels.

A pool cleaner which comprises two outer segments and a central zone located between these two segments, the central zone connectable to a push side hose which can deliver water to the cleaner, the two segments comprising wheels which can run over the surface to be cleaned and rotatively driven, the central zone capable of moving over a surface to be cleaned and accommodating a suction passage for drawing in debris from the surface to be cleaned and delivering it to a debris collector, in which the debris collector is confined to within the central zone, capable of being lifted out of the cleaner to empty it.

A pool cleaner which comprises two outer segments and a central zone located between these two segments, the central zone connectable to a push side hose which can deliver water to the cleaner, the two segments comprising wheels which can run over the surface to be cleaned and are rotatively driven, the central zone capable of moving over a surface to be cleaned and accommodating a suction passage for drawing in debris from the surface to be cleaned and delivering it to a debris collector, in which the debris collector is confined to within the central zone, capable of being lifted out of the cleaner to empty it, and in which the suction passage has a mouth adjacent the surface to be cleaned and the mouth has a movable lip which is biased to tend to move into contact with the pool surface.

A pool cleaner which comprises two outer segments and a central zone located between these two segments, the central zone connectable to a push side hose which can deliver water to the cleaner, the two segments comprising wheels which can run over the surface to be cleaned and are rotatively driven, the central zone capable of moving over a surface to be cleaned and accommodating a suction passage for drawing in debris from the surface to be cleaned and delivering it to a debris collector, in which the debris collector is confined to within the central zone, capable of being lifted out of the cleaner to empty it, and in which the debris collector comprises two separated sump regions and sieve surfaces to allow the water to exit the collector and the debris to be retained in the two sump regions.

A pool cleaner which comprises two outer segments and a central zone located between these two segments, the central zone connectable to a push side hose which can deliver water to the cleaner, the central zone capable of moving over a surface to be cleaned and accommodating a suction passage for drawing in debris from the surface to be cleaned and delivering it to a debris collector, in which jets which provide a suction action in the suction passage are provided in the passage, the two segments comprising wheels which can run over the surface to be cleaned and rotatively driven, the wheels being rotatively driven by water jets which provide motive force to drive the wheels, in which a water flow splitter is provided located in the cleaner, which flow splitter which comprises structure having two passages which have adjacent entrance mouths, a movable occulding element which is movable to selectable position settings in which one entrance mouth is occluded more or less than the other entrance mouth the two passages leading each to the jets in the suction passage and the jets which drive the wheels, respectively.

An automatic pool cleaner defining a central axis and having only a single pair of rotatable motive elements which are symmetrically disposed about the central axis, the pool cleaner comprising a central region intermediate the pair of rotatable motive elements, the central region defining a suction passage having a mouth, the portion of the suction passage adjacent the mouth being oriented other than normal to the pair of rotatable elements.

A pool cleaner which comprises two outer segments and a central zone located between these segments, the outer segments having outer surfaces, the shape of the outer surfaces being spheroidal, the two outer segments comprising wheels which run on a surface to be cleaned and are rotatively driven, the central zone connectable to a push-side hose which can deliver water to the cleaner, the central zone capable of moving over the surfaces to be cleaned and accommodating a suction passage for drawing in debris from the surface to be cleaned and delivering the debris to a debris collector.