Patent ID: 6581232
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: E04H,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for use with automatic pool cleaners including a tube which defines a flow channel for water drawn from a pool and includes an upper tubular section, a lower tubular section connected through a pivot to the upper tubular section, and a tubular ball joint through which water drawn from the pool passes from the lower tubular section to the upper tubular section and about which the upper tubular section can move relative to the lower tubular section, means connected to the upper tubular section for periodically imparting movement to the upper tubular section thereby to move the upper tubular section between first and second angularly displaced positions with respect to the lower tubular section, and a gear assembly whose housing is spaced from but secured to the lower tubular section, the gear assembly operating to move the upper tubular section between the first and second angularly displaced positions.