Patent ID: 6502269
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A portable, self-contained pool cleaner comprising:a) a suction chamber adapted to be placed adjacent to and moved along a submerged surface, said suction chamber converging from a bottom opening to a top opening thereof; b) an elongated handle having a first end thereof pivotally connected to the suction chamber for manually manipulating the cleaner by grasping an operating end thereof from above the surface of the water in the pool; c) a tubular, converging suction nozzle having a smaller end and a larger end in fluid communication with the top opening of said suction chamber, said suction nozzle being curved between the smaller and larger ends thereof; d) a nozzle chamber in which said suction nozzle is enclosed; e) a converging pressure nozzle within said nozzle chamber having opposed large and small ends, the small end of the pressure nozzle extending into the suction nozzle; f) a pump chamber having an inlet and an outlet; g) a submersible electric motor and pump associated with said pump chamber; h) a first conduit coupled between the pump outlet and the large end of the pressure nozzle; i) a filter; j) a second conduit coupled between the smaller end of the suction nozzle and the filter, said second conduit further including a side opening; k) a third conduit coupled between the side opening of the second conduit and the pump inlet; l) a screen between the suction nozzle and the pump inlet for controlling debris flow to the filter; and m) a power source for said electric pump motor.