Swimming pool cleaner
First Claim
1. A swimming pool cleaner comprising:
- a body having a debris inlet and a debris outlet;
at least one pair of wheels secured with respect to each side of the body for moving the cleaner along an underwater pool surface to clean debris therefrom;
a tool-free wheel-mounting assembly including each of the wheels having a ball bearing which rotatably holds such wheel on a non-rotating shaft extending laterally from a respective side of the cleaner body, each ball-bearing having an interior configuration matching an exterior configuration of the shaft in non-rotating engagement therewith.
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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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9 Claims
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1. A swimming pool cleaner comprising:
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a body having a debris inlet and a debris outlet; at least one pair of wheels secured with respect to each side of the body for moving the cleaner along an underwater pool surface to clean debris therefrom; a tool-free wheel-mounting assembly including each of the wheels having a ball bearing which rotatably holds such wheel on a non-rotating shaft extending laterally from a respective side of the cleaner body, each ball-bearing having an interior configuration matching an exterior configuration of the shaft in non-rotating engagement therewith. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A swimming pool cleaner comprising:
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a body having a debris inlet and a debris outlet; a removable nozzle within the debris inlet to control debris-laden water flow; and a tool-free nozzle-mounting structure at the debris inlet removably retaining the nozzle within the debris inlet. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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Specification