Patent ID: 8434182

Claim:
A pool cleaning apparatus comprising: a housing; an associated filter for entraining dirt and debris; a baseplate extending along the bottom of the housing; at least one intake port formed in the baseplate for admitting water into the filter; pump means for drawing water from beneath the baseplate of the pool cleaning apparatus and through the filter; a pair of directional cleaning water jet nozzles, each nozzle for discharging a pressurized water jet stream at a first pool surface beneath the pool cleaning apparatus as the cleaning apparatus moves in a forward direction, wherein one of the pair of nozzles is mounted at a front end of the housing and the other is mounted on a rear end of the housing, and whereby dirt and debris resting on the first surface that is contacted by the pressurized stream in the forward direction is lifted into suspension proximate the intake port; and a jet valve housing mounted on the housing and having a jet valve for directing a propulsion jet stream from the pump means through one of a pair of opposing propulsion outlets for propelling the cleaning apparatus in the forward direction, the jet valve housing further including a pair of opposing ports for admitting the pressurized water jet stream to the nozzle mounted at the front end of the housing.