Patent ID: 9133639
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A pool cleaning robot comprising: a housing having a housing bottom and a housing top surface; an impeller and a motor configured to operate the impeller, both mounted within the housing; a first filter compartment formed within said housing configured for accommodating a first filter unit therein; an impeller outlet formed in said housing top surface; a first additional outlet other than the impeller outlet formed in said housing top surface and configured for being fluidly connected to an external suction and filtering system; a first bottom inlet formed in said housing bottom configured for a first fluid communication with the impeller outlet via said first filter unit, thereby defining a first fluid path; a second bottom inlet formed in said housing bottom configured for a second fluid communication with said first additional outlet via a second fluid path at least partially different from the first fluid path, said second fluid path constituting a part of an external suction and filtering fluid path created when said additional outlet is fluidly connected to the external suction and filtering system; a hose adapter configured for fluidly connecting said first additional outlet to a hose connectable to said external suction and filtering system; wherein said pool cleaning robot is operated by an electric supply source via an electric cable, and comprises a holder configured for holding said electric cable and said hose in proximity to each other and preventing their swivel around each other; wherein the holder comprises an aperture for allowing insertion of said electric cable therethrough and free rotation of said cable therein and a grasper configured for detachably attaching to said hose.