Filter element for swimming pool cleaner
AssigneeFilter Specialists, Inc.
InventorSteven L. Lincke
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Abstract
A filter element for a swimming pool cleaner includes a pair of pouches which are received within cavities defined within the pool cleaner housing. The outer edges of the filter element are attached to corresponding edges of the housing by releasable clips. Water is drawn through apertures in the bottom of the cleaner through the filter element and into a motor driven pump, with large debris remaining in the pouches and particles entrained in the pool water being caught by the filter element.
Claims20
Filter element for swimming pool cleaner having a housing having an outer edge defining an opening into said housing and a perforated frame within said housing and cooperating with said housing to define a pair of cavities between the frame and said housing, said filter element being made of a water permeable fabric and comprising a pair of interconnected pouches, each of said pouches having an attaching edge defining an open end of each said pouch, each of said pouches being received within a corresponding one of said cavities when the filter element is installed in said housing, and releasable fasteners for releasably securing the attaching edges of said pouches to corresponding portions of the outer edge of said housing whereby upon release of said fasteners said filter element may be removed from said housing.
Filter element for swimming pool cleaner comprising a water permeable fabric formed into a pair of pouches, each of said pouches being defined by a pair of overlapping panels including an inner panel facing the inner panel of the other pouch and an outer panel, said inner panels being interconnected by a bridging portion of said fabric, each of said outer panels having an attaching edge cooperating with the corresponding inner panel to define an open end of each said pouch, and releasable fasteners for releasably securing the attaching edges of said pouches to the swimming pool cleaner.
Filter element for swimming pool cleaner having a housing having an outer edge defining an opening into said housing closed by a removable lid and a perforated frame within said housing and cooperating with said housing to define a pair of cavities between the frame and said housing, said filter element being made of a water permeable fabric and comprising a pair of interconnected pouches, each of said pouches being defined by a pair of overlapping panels including an inner panel facing the perforated frame and an outer panel, said inner panels being interconnected by a bridging portion of said fabric extending over said frame when the filter element is installed in the housing, each of said outer panels having an attaching edge defining an open end of each said pouch facing said opening of the housing, each of said pouches being received within a corresponding one of said cavities when the filter element is installed in said housing, and releasable fasteners for releasably securing the attaching edges of said pouches to corresponding portions of the outer edge of said housing whereby upon release of said fasteners and removal of said lid said filter element may be removed from said housing.
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