Patent ID: 7636975

Claim:
A pool vacuum comprising: a rear body housing; a battery supported by said rear body housing; a motor supported by said rear body housing and electrically connected to said battery; an output shaft drivably connected to said motor and extending out of said rear body housing; a front housing section affixed to said rear body housing and defining a gap between said rear body housing and said front housing section, said front housing section further comprising a cone plate attached to said rear body-housing and having a flow aperture; and a filter cone housing member attached to said cone plate; and an impeller attached to said output shaft and rotatable at least partially within said gap to pull water through an opening of said front housing section and expel water through said gap and wherein said output shaft extends through said cone plate flow aperture and further comprising: an output shaft bearing supported by and spaced apart from a main planar extent of said cone plate; and a strut supporting said output shaft bearing while allowing water to flow through said cone plate flow aperture.