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Directional control means for robotic swimming pool cleaners

  • US 5,337,434 A
  • Filed: 04/12/1993
  • Issued: 08/16/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Directional control means for an automatic swimming pool cleaner of the type having a housing, with front and rear ends and two sides, a pair of motor driven cylindrical brushes rotatably mounted on the front and rear ends of the housing respectively for propelling the cleaner along the bottom surface of a swimming pool, said control means comprising a projectable leg mounted on one side of the housing between the front and rear ends;

  • and means to reciprocably operate the leg for projected movement into contact with the bottom surface of the swimming pool to partially lift one side of the cleaner from said surface as it is propelled therealong causing the cleaner to pivot around the projected leg to change direction.

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