Patent ID: 6270683
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A skimming apparatus for removing floating debris from a surface of a pool, the pool having an edge surrounding an interior and a circulating current therein carrying the floating debris, said skimming apparatus comprisinga. a support means located on the edge of the pool, said support means connected to said skimming apparatus and longitudinally positioning said skimming apparatus in the current to receive floating debris carried by the current;b. a first frame with opposed first and second sides, said first side adjacent to the edge and receiving support from said support means, said second side positioned by said support means in the pool interior, said first frame having an inlet portion and an outlet portion both confined between said first and second sides, said support means orienting said inlet portion in a partially submerged attitude with said inlet portion generally perpendicular to the circulating current and upstream from said outlet portion, said outlet portion covered with a first permeable material for entrapment of floating debris propelled through said inlet portion by the current; and,c. a second frame extending upstream from said inlet portion, said second frame having a third side coincident with either said first or said second side and an opposing collection side, the plane of said collection side aligned generally parallel to the current and generally perpendicular to said inlet portion, the area enclosed by said second frame being in free communication with the area enclosed by said first frame, said second frame covered by a second permeable material without covering said collection side.