Patent ID: 8721881
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B01D,C02F,E04H

Abstract:
1. A system for improving the operation of a pool skimmer, the system comprising: a skimmer basket, the skimmer basket configured to be placed in a pool skimmer and comprising a basket interior, a basket exterior, a floor, a top, a height extending from the floor to the top, a sidewall extending upwardly from the floor, and a plurality of apertures located in at least one of the basket sidewall and the floor, wherein the basket floor and the basket sidewall separate the basket interior from the basket exterior; a first tube attached to the skimmer basket, the first tube comprising a top, a bottom comprising an opening, a first tube height extending from the bottom to the top, an interior, an exterior comprising a first flange extending from the first tube towards the basket sidewall, and a first tube slot configured to feed water from the first tube exterior to the first tube interior and the basket interior, the first tube slot located between the top and the bottom of the first tube, the first tube slot having a width perpendicular to the first tube height and a height parallel to the first tube height; and a second tube adjacent to the first tube, the second tube configured to rotate relative to the first tube and at least partially cover the first tube slot, the second tube comprising a top, a bottom, a second tube height extending from the bottom to the top, and a second tube slot located between the top and the bottom of the second tube, the second tube slot having a width perpendicular to the second tube height and a height parallel to the second tube height.