Patent ID: 7328473

Claim:
In combination a spot cleaning device and a swimming pool water system, said swimming pool water system including a vacuum source and a vacuum hose, said vacuum hose being coupled to said vacuum source and having a free end in the form of an inlet port, said spot cleaning device consisting of a releasable connector, releasable fastening means and a linear tubular body, said linear tubular body having a longitudinal axis, an inlet port at one end of said body and an outlet port at an opposite end of said body, said inlet port of said body forming the free end of said body, said body being of substantially the same cross sectional area between said inlet port and said outlet port and being adapted to receive a portion of said free end of said vacuum hose, said releasable fastening means being arranged for releasably securing said portion of said free end of said vacuum hose to said body, said outlet port being of substantially the same cross sectional area as said inlet port, said releasable connector comprising a projecting member extending away from said tubular body and being arranged to be releasably secured to an end portion of an elongated pole to mount said spot cleaning device on said pole, whereupon said inlet port of said vacuum hose can be moved by manipulation of the pole into position within a swimming pool so that it is below the surface of water within the swimming pool and immediately adjacent material desired to be removed, whereupon when said vacuum source is operated a confined and axial directed vacuum is created at said inlet port to pull the material directly into said inlet port along said longitudinal axis to minimize the tendency of the material from billowing to form a cloud of dispersed material, thereby resulting in the spot cleaning of the swimming pool.