Patent ID: 6951608

Claim:
Compact unit for filtering water of a swimming pool, the unit comprising a filtration compartment that receives at least one filtration member and a pumping compartment situated on an outside of the swimming pool and that receives at least one pump, wherein said filtration compartment is submerged in the water and has a mouth known as a skimmer for suction of the water by the pump through the filtration member and through front and/or side nozzles for return of the filtered water to the swimming pool, and wherein: at least one receptacle is formed to extend directly from a bottom of the filtration compartment, delimiting a peripheral space in which a pipeline is formed; two spacer webs link the receptacle to an interior of the compartment over an entire height of the said receptacle, thus delimiting the pipeline; the bottom has an opening for communication with the pipeline; and an upper end of the pipeline fits onto means of connection to a suction intake of the pump.