Pool cleaner canister handle

• US 10,161,153 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2017
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: Hayes, Graham M., Dallaire, Antoine, Mainville, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Prince, Fred
• Application Number:
  US15/592,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20180328059A1
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• Field of Search: 2101671, 21016716, 210238, 15 17
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 21/267 by using a cyclone
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2221/02 Small separation devices for domestic application, e.g. for canteens, industrial kitchen, washing machines
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2221/08 Mobile separation devices
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 2009/002 with external filters
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 2009/005 with external rotors, e.g. impeller, ventilator, fan, blower, pump
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 5/185 Dust collectors
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 5/28 for parallel flow
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 9/00 Combinations with other devices, e.g. fans, expansion chambers, diffusors, water lockswith filters B01D50/00
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/385 by centrifuging suspensions centrifuges B04B
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/1618 Hand-held powered cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/1636 Suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/1654 Self-propelled cleaners

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments are directed to pool cleaners that remove debris from water using a plurality of cyclonic flows, or that include a removable impeller subassembly, a check valve for a debris canister, a particle separator assembly having a handle that locks to the pool cleaner, a modular roller drive gear box, or a roller latch that secures a roller to the pool cleaner. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to the check valve and the roller latch themselves. Exemplary embodiments are directed to a filter medium for pool cleaners that includes embossments providing flow channels for water, and to roller assemblies for pool cleaners. Exemplary embodiments are directed to pool cleaners including alternative pump motor engagements. Exemplary embodiments are directed to pool cleaners power supplies that include a potted and contoured power board assembly, and to kickstands therefor. Exemplary embodiments are directed to a pool cleaner caddy, and removable wheels therefor.

Claims

1. A pool cleaner, comprising:

a body including a chassis having a first catch and a second catch;

a hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly positionable on the chassis between the first catch and the second catch; and

a handle including a body having a first end and a second end, a first locking hook extending from the first end of the body, and a second locking hook extending from the second end of the body, the handle rotatably engaged with the hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly,

the handle being rotatable between an unlocked position where the first and second locking hooks are disengaged from the first and second catches and the hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly can be removed from the chassis, and a locked position where the first and second locking hooks are engaged with the first and second catches and the hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly is secured to the chassis.

2. The pool cleaner of claim 1, wherein the first and second locking hooks include a recess and an engagement surface, and at least a portion of the first and second catches are positioned within the recesses and engage the engagement surfaces of the first and second locking hooks when the handle is positioned in the locked position.

3. The pool cleaner of claim 1, wherein the first and second catches include a recess and an engagement surface, and at least a portion of the first and second locking hooks are positioned within the recesses and engage the engagement surfaces of the first and second catches when the handle is positioned in the locked position.

4. The pool cleaner of claim 1, wherein the hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly includes a first engagement tab and a second engagement tab, and the handle is rotatably engaged with the first and second engagement tabs.

5. The pool cleaner of claim 4, wherein the handle includes a first mounting boss and a second mounting boss, the first mounting boss rotatably engaged with the first engagement tab and the second mounting boss rotatably engaged with the second engagement tab.

6. The pool cleaner of claim 5, wherein the first mounting boss includes a first channel, the second mounting boss includes a second channel, the first engagement tab includes a first protrusion, and the second engagement tab includes a second protrusion,

wherein when the handle is in the unlocked position the first protrusion is positioned within the first channel and the second protrusion is positioned within the second channel.

7. The pool cleaner of claim 1, wherein the handle includes a plurality of flexible locking tabs and the hydrocylonic particle separator assembly includes a plurality of notches, the plurality of flexible locking tabs engaging the plurality of notches when the handle is in the locked position.

8. The pool cleaner of claim 1, wherein the hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly includes a first pair of guide vanes separated by a first channel and a second pair of guide vanes separated by a second channel, the first channel receiving the first catch or the second catch and the second channel receiving the other of the first catch or the second catch to position the hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly on the chassis.

9. A pool cleaner, comprising:

a body including a chassis having a first catch and a second catch;

a hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly, comprising;

a canister body including an inlet, the canister body defining an inner chamber;

a filter medium disposed within the inner chamber of the canister body;

a cyclone block including a plurality of cyclone containers, the cyclone block disposed within the inner chamber of the canister body and at least partially surrounded by the filter medium;

a first engagement tab;

a second engagement tab; and

a handle including a body having a first end and a second end, a first locking hook extending from the first end of the body, and a second locking hook extending from the second end of the body, the handle rotatably engaged with the first and second engagement tabs,

the hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly being positionable on the chassis between the first and second locking hooks and the handle being rotatable between an unlocked position where the first and second locking hooks are disengaged from the first and second catches and the hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly can be removed from the chassis, and a locked position where the first and second locking hooks are engaged with the first and second catches and the hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly is secured to the chassis.

10. The pool cleaner of claim 9, wherein the first and second locking hooks include a recess and an engagement surface, and at least a portion of the first and second catches are positioned within the recesses and engage the engagement surfaces of the first and second locking hooks when the handle is positioned in the locked position.

11. The pool cleaner of claim 9, wherein the first and second catches include a recess and an engagement surface, and at least a portion of the first and second locking hooks are positioned within the recesses and engage the engagement surfaces of the first and second catches when the handle is positioned in the locked position.

12. The pool cleaner of claim 9, wherein the handle includes a first mounting boss and a second mounting boss, the first mounting boss rotatably engaged with the first engagement tab and the second mounting boss rotatably engaged with the second engagement tab.

13. The pool cleaner of claim 12, wherein the first mounting boss includes a first channel, the second mounting boss includes a second channel, the first engagement tab includes a first protrusion, and the second engagement tab includes a second protrusion,

wherein when the handle is in the unlocked position the first protrusion is positioned within the first channel and the second protrusion is positioned within the second channel.

14. The pool cleaner of claim 9, wherein the handle includes a plurality of flexible locking tabs and the hydrocylonic particle separator assembly includes a plurality of notches, the plurality of flexible locking tabs engaging the plurality of notches when the handle is in the locked position.

15. The pool cleaner of claim 9, wherein the canister body includes a first pair of guide vanes separated by a first channel and a second pair of guide vanes separated by a second channel, the first channel receiving the first catch or the second catch and the second channel receiving the other of the first catch or the second catch to position the hydrocyclonic particle separator assembly on the chassis.