Patent ID: 8782823

Claim:
A system for stowing a swimming pool cleaner robot in a location in a swimming pool, the system comprising: a deployment piston connected to said robot, the deployment piston being configured to be movable from at least a first position to a second position in a first pipe communicating with said swimming pool; a stowage piston positioned in a second pipe of a filter circuit, the stowage piston being connected to said deployment piston; and at least one pump configured to operate as a pressure device during a cleaning stage during which the swimming pool is cleaned by said robot, the at least one pump being configured to generate pressure in said first pipe during the cleaning stage in such a manner as to drive the deployment piston to the first position in said first pipe and to maintain the deployment piston at the first position so that the deployment piston is not sucked into said first pipe during the cleaning stage; said at least one pump also being configured to operate as a suction device during a filtering stage during which water of said swimming pool is filtered, while said robot is inactive, to generate suction in said first pipe in such a manner as to suck said deployment piston to a second position in said first pipe, thereby enabling stowage of said robot in said second position, said suction tending to automatically bring said robot back to the second position if pulled out from said second position during the filtering stage.