Modular operations center for in-ground swimming pool

• US 4,705,629 A
• Filed: 02/04/1987
• Issued: 11/10/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Wexco Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wexco Corporation
• Inventors: Robol, Ronald B., Weir, Donald H., Frederick, Stanley H., Hotaling, Robert A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sever, Frank
• Application Number:
  US07/010,663
• Time in Patent Office: 279 Days
• Field of Search: 210/323.1, 210/333.01, 210/340, 210/341, 210/342, 210/169, 210/416.2, 210/258, 210/314, 210/316, 210/416.1, 210/541, 210/542, 4/506, 4/507, 4/509, 4/289, 4/292
• US Class Current: 210/340
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/1209 Treatment of water for swimming pools filters B01D

Abstract

A distinct element employed in a preferred embodiment of the invention resides in a two-compartment filter unit that extends operating life by permitting the function of the first compartment filtration to be transferred to the other compartment when the first compartment is clogged.

Claims

1. A dual filter combination comprising means for cleansing water from first and second sources simultaneously, including a first filter, means for feeding relatively more contaminated water from said first source through said first filter, a second filter means for feeding relatively less contaminated water from said second source thru second filter, interconnected means for transferring the flow of water from one filter to the other filter when one of said filters is clogged and means to pump water through said combination.

2. The combination filter of claim 1 wherein the pump means comprises a vacuum pump to provide a vacuum for drawing water through said first and second filters.

3. A dual filter unit for a swimming pool, said unit comprising:

means for firstly, filtering water skimmed from the swimming pool water surface and means for, secondly, simultaneously filtering water drawn from a swimming pool main drain and including in combination, a first filter through which water skimmed from the pool is drawn and a second filter through which water from the swimming pool main is drawn, interconnecting valve means between said first and second filters for transferring water, flowing into said first and second filters, from one filter to the other of said filters when flow of water to one of said filters is obstructed and means to draw water through each of said first and second filters.