Patent ID: 9512630
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: E04H

Claim Text:
1. A self-propelled cleaning apparatus for cleaning a sub-merged surface of a pool, comprising: a housing including a front portion, a rear portion substantially opposite the front portion, first and second side portions disposed between the front and rear portions, a top portion and a bottom portion; a first support rotationally mounted to the first side portion and a second support rotationally mounted to the second side portion, wherein a rotational axis of the first support is substantially aligned with a rotational axis of the second support; an inlet disposed in the bottom portion of the housing; an outlet having a fixed longitudinal axis disposed at an acute angle with respect to the rotational axis of the first support and the rotational axis of the second support; at least one filter disposed in an interior of the housing; and an electric water pump disposed in the interior of the housing, the water pump configured to draw water and debris from the pool into the housing through the inlet, direct water through the at least one filter, and discharge predominately all filtered water exiting the at least one filter out of the housing into the pool through the outlet.