Octosquirt pool sweep cleaner

• US 6,119,707 A
• Filed: 06/19/1998
• Issued: 09/19/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ginger Jordan
• Original Assignee: Ginger Jordan
• Inventors: Jordan, Ginger
• Primary Examiner(s): Spisich, Mark
• Application Number:
  US09/100,505
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 15/1.7, 4/490, 134/167 R, 134/168 R, 134/93, 239/229, 239/315, 422/264, 422/266
• US Class Current: 134/93
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/1636 Suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/1645 Connections to the pool water circulation system
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 4/1681 Cleaning whips

Abstract

A swimming pool cleaning device powered by pressurized water running into the pool from an outlet jet port connected to the pool pump. The device has two hose sections, the first being approximately one foot is screwed into the outlet jet port. Attached to an opposite end is a swivel connector which is connected to a second hose that is approximately as long as the pool itself. The second hose has floats positioned along the exterior and wear rings for protecting the hose from wear and tear effects from using the apparatus. Attached to the second hose is a cleaning head having angled through-hole exit ports, which when water is flowing through the hoses causes the head and second hose to rotate relative to the first hose. Second and third versions include using brush sleeves over hose or rings and the cleaning head. A cage having a chlorine table can be located in the head. During operation, the head and hoses go in a sweeping pattern across the bottom and side surfaces of the pool, so that the brushes rotate and scrub those surfaces. The constantly moving hoses and head further agitate the water causing debris to move towards the pool skimmer and drain, which increases the efficiency of filtering all pool water and debris from walls and bottom surfaces. By keeping debris and sediment agitated and the chlorine water throughly mixing, the device provides a significant reduction of pool pump running time of between approximately two to approximately five hours, depending on the size of the pool.

Claims

1. A sweep cleaning apparatus for swimming pools, comprising:

a hose having a first section and a second section;

a connector for attaching one end of the first section of the hose to a water inlet port in a swimming pool having a drain, side-walls and a bottom surface, both the first section of the hose and the second section of the hose being freely movable beyond the one end of the first section of the hose that is connected to the water inlet port;

means for causing the second section of the hose to swivel relative to the first section of the hose;

float means attached to the second section of the hose; and

a cleaning head having through-hole exit ports, wherein pressurized water running through the hose that passes out of the exit ports causes the head to rotate and sweep about the pool cleaning the side-walls and the bottom surface and agitates water in the pool allowing for debris in the pool to move toward the drain.

2. A sweep cleaning apparatus for swimming pools, comprising:

a hose;

a connector for attaching one end of the hose to a water inlet port in a swimming pool having a drain, side-walls and a bottom surface, the hose being freely movable beyond the one end of the hose that is connected to the water inlet port;

a cleaning head having through-hole exit ports, wherein pressurized water running through the hose that passes out of the exit ports causes the head to sweep about the pool cleaning the side-walls and the bottom surface in the pool; and

an enclosure within the cleaning head for housing a chlorine tablet, wherein chlorine from the chlorine tablet is released from the cleaning head into the swimming pool.

3. The sweep cleaning apparatus of claim 2, wherein the enclosure includes:

a screen cage.

4. A sweep cleaning apparatus for swimming pools, comprising:

a hose having a first section having a length of approximately one foot, and a second section, and the second section having a length of approximately the longest longitudinal length of the pool;

a connector for attaching one end of the first section of the hose to a water inlet port in a swimming pool having a drain, side-walls and a bottom surface, both the first section of the hose and the second section of the hose being freely movable beyond the one end of the first section of the hose that is connected to the water inlet port;

means for causing the second section of the hose to swivel relative to the first section of the hose; and

a cleaning head having through-hole exit ports, wherein pressurized water running through the hose that passes out of the exit ports causes the head to sweep about the pool cleaning the side-walls and the bottom surface in the pool.