Swimming pool cleaner
First Claim
1. A method for tool-free assembly of a swimming pool cleaner movable along an underwater pool surface to clean debris therefrom, the method comprising:
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a body having a debris inlet and a debris outlet, the body forming an inwardly-displaceable spring-grip extending laterally from the inlet; and
a removable nozzle for controlling debris-laden water flow into the inlet; and
installing the nozzle by pressing the spring-grip with the nozzle into the inlet until the nozzle is beyond the spring-grip which resiliently returns to its original orientation thereby locking the nozzle within the inlet.
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Abstract
A swimming pool cleaner including a body having a debris inlet and a debris outlet and defining an elongate slotted cavity pivotably holding proximal ends of flap members forming a segmented skirt which forms with the pool surface a plenum from which water and debris are drawn into the inlet. The slotted cavity is configured for strain-free insertion of the flap-member proximal ends into the cavity. A removable nozzle within the debris inlet and retaining the flap-member proximal ends in the cavity. A method for inlet to control debris-laden water flow. The cleaner further including a tool-free nozzle-mounting structure at the debris inlet removably retaining the nozzle within the debris inlet and a tool-free wheel-mounting assembly, a plurality of removable nozzles are interchangeably secured within the debris inlet, each nozzle having a flow opening sized differently from flow opening(s) of the other nozzle(s) to control debris-laden water flow.
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6 Claims
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1. A method for tool-free assembly of a swimming pool cleaner movable along an underwater pool surface to clean debris therefrom, the method comprising:
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providing; a body having a debris inlet and a debris outlet, the body forming an inwardly-displaceable spring-grip extending laterally from the inlet; and a removable nozzle for controlling debris-laden water flow into the inlet; and installing the nozzle by pressing the spring-grip with the nozzle into the inlet until the nozzle is beyond the spring-grip which resiliently returns to its original orientation thereby locking the nozzle within the inlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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