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Pool cleaner with articulated cleaning members and methods relating thereto

  • US 10,161,154 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2014
  • Issued: 12/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for cleaning a swimming pool, comprising:

  • a body having a pair of opposingly spaced wheels, an inlet disposed between the wheels through which water enters the body, and an outlet through which water exits the body;

    an articulated cleaning member operatively coupled laterally side-by-side with the body and adjacent to a first one of the wheels, the articulated cleaning member being separated from the inlet by the first one of the wheels and being moveable with respect to the body to accommodate changes in terrain of a pool surface; and

    a biasing member operatively coupled to the body and the articulated cleaning member and configured to apply a biasing force to urge the articulated cleaning member towards the pool surface;

    wherein the body generates a suction force to urge a bottom of the body towards the pool surface, andwherein the suction force is greater than the biasing force.

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