Patent ID: 9546493
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: E04H

Claim:
1. A portable pool cleaner comprising: a. a pool water input, b. a cleaner output, and c. an annular impeller in fluid communication with the pool water input on an upstream side of the annular impeller to permit fluid communication from the pool water input through the annular impeller to the cleaner output on a downstream side of the annular impeller, the annular impeller being rotatable relative to the pool water input and the cleaner output, d. wherein the annular impeller comprises a cylinder that defines a continuous path through at least the center of the cylinder that permits the fluid communication through the annular impeller, the cylinder having one or more inwardly disposed blades adapted to create suction from the upstream side of the annular impeller to the downstream side of the annular impeller when the annular impeller is rotated.