Free spinning sweep tail scrubber for a pool cleaner
AssigneePentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.
InventorsSuresh C. Gopalan, Jayamurali Kaladharan, Adam Key, Narender Sanwal
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a sweep tail for a pool cleaner including a hose, a connector coupled to a first end of the hose and connecting the hose to the pool cleaner, and a scrubber coupled to the hose near a second end of the hose. The scrubber can include a first bearing coupled to and positioned around the hose, a second bearing positioned around the first bearing, and a scrubbing element positioned around the second bearing. The second bearing is capable of rotating around the first bearing and the scrubbing element is capable of rotating with the second bearing around the first bearing.
Claims19
A sweep tail for a pool cleaner, the sweep tail comprising:
- a hose;
- a connector coupled to a first end of the hose and connecting the hose to the pool cleaner;
- and
- a scrubber coupled to the hose at a second end of the hose, the scrubber including
- a first bearing coupled to and positioned around the hose,
- a second bearing positioned substantially around the entire first bearing, the second bearing capable of rotating around the first bearing,
- a scrubbing element positioned around, and slid over the entire second bearing and capable of rotating with the second bearing around the first bearing and an end tail jet positioned at the second end of the hose, the end tail jet including a passage having an inner diameter that decreases from a front end to a rear end of the end tail jet.
A scrubber for a pool cleaner sweep tail, the scrubber including:
- a first bearing having an outwardly extending front lip and a rear shoulder, the first bearing coupled to and positioned around an outer diameter of the sweep tail at an end of a hose;
- a second bearing having an inwardly extending rear lip, the second bearing positioned around the first bearing, the second bearing capable of rotating around the first bearing;
- and
- a scrubbing element positioned around the second bearing and capable of rotating with the second bearing around the first bearing,
- wherein the inwardly extending rear lip of the second bearing engages the rear shoulder of the first bearing to prevent the second bearing from sliding off the first bearing while allowing the second bearing to rotate around the first bearing and the outwardly extending front lip also prevents the second bearing from sliding off the first bearing while allowing the second bearing to rotate around the first bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.