Automatic swimming pool cleaners and associated components and systems
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1. An automatic swimming pool cleaner for use in a swimming pool, comprising:
- a. a body (i) automatically displaceable within the swimming pool and (ii) through which water may flow to or from an attached hose; and
b. means, contained within the body, for chemically treating the water flowing therethrough to or from the hose.
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Abstract
Systems and apparatus for cleaning swimming pools or other vessels are disclosed. Exemplary systems may include an automatic swimming pool cleaner adapted not only to filter debris from water mechanically, but to dispense water sanitizing chemicals as well. Fluid drawn into the cleaner in operation contacts or otherwise passes through media containing the chemicals, purifying the fluid at least partially within the cleaner itself.
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1. An automatic swimming pool cleaner for use in a swimming pool, comprising:
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a. a body (i) automatically displaceable within the swimming pool and (ii) through which water may flow to or from an attached hose; and b. means, contained within the body, for chemically treating the water flowing therethrough to or from the hose. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 21, 22, 23)
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9. An automatic swimming pool cleaner for use in a swimming pool, comprising:
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a. a body automatically displaceable within the swimming pool and defining; i. a first inlet for receiving pressurized water; ii. a second inlet for receiving water to be cleaned; and iii. an outlet for exhausting the water received in the first and second inlets; b. means, contained within the body, for filtering the water received in the second inlet; and c. a chemical dispenser removably contained within the body and interposed between the filtering means and the outlet. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20)
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14. A system for treating fluid contained in a vessel designed to receive humans, comprising:
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a. a cleaner body automatically displaceable within the vessel and defining an interior region; b. means for causing fluid within the vessel to flow at least through the interior region of the cleaner body; c. means for mechanically filtering the flowing fluid to remove debris entrained therein; and d. means for chemically sanitizing the flowing fluid; and in which the sanitizing means is either (i) connected so as to allow fluid communication with the cleaner body or (ii) located within the interior region of the cleaner body. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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