AU5590500A - Four-wheel-drive automatic swimming pool cleaner - Google Patents

Four-wheel-drive automatic swimming pool cleaner

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AU5590500A
AU5590500A AU5590500A AU5590500A AU5590500A AU 5590500 A AU5590500 A AU 5590500A AU 5590500 A AU5590500 A AU 5590500A AU 5590500 A AU5590500 A AU 5590500A AU 5590500 A AU5590500 A AU 5590500A
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Prior art keywords
wheel
drive
wheelgears
spaced
pool cleaner
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AU5590500A
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Dieter J Rief
Manuela Rief
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Poolvergnuegen
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Poolvergnuegen
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
    • E04H4/14—Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for
    • E04H4/16—Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for specially adapted for cleaning
    • E04H4/1654—Self-propelled cleaners

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Architecture (AREA)
  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
  • Electric Suction Cleaners (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analysing Biological Materials (AREA)
  • Arrangement And Mounting Of Devices That Control Transmission Of Motive Force (AREA)
  • Steering-Linkage Mechanisms And Four-Wheel Steering (AREA)
  • Nozzles For Electric Vacuum Cleaners (AREA)

Abstract

A four-wheel pool cleaner (20) motivated by water flow to move along a pool surface, and having: a body (24); the four wheels rotatably mounted thereon and including two sets of two wheels (22) each, one wheel of each set on each side; a drive mechanism (36) in position to be moved by water flow and having a rotatable drive member (76); a drive train extending to the first wheel set (22a, b) and to the second wheel set (22c, d), to drive all four wheels. Preferred embodiments include: wheel-to-wheel drive links (88) along the side; a turbine (36) as drive mechanism; a pair of spaced wheelgears (32, 34), preferably integrally formed with the wheel, facilitating drive linkages and steering; a pair of end-to-end drive shafts (80, 82) joined by a coupler (84c), one shaft end (80a) being a ball joint allowing fore-and-aft movement of a drive-shaft distal end; a spring (102) and cam (100) for alternately moving that distal end between a driving position engaging one of the spaced wheelgears (32), and a steering position engaging the other of the spaced wheelgears (34); wheel treads (108) with radial fingers (110), some (110a-c) of longer length; and a segmented articulated skirt (56) to help enclose a plenum beneath the pool cleaner.
AU5590500A 2000-05-26 2000-05-26 Four-wheel-drive automatic swimming pool cleaner Pending AU5590500A (en)

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PCT/US2000/014771 WO2001092664A1 (en) 2000-05-26 2000-05-26 Four-wheel-drive automatic swimming pool cleaner

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AU5590500A true AU5590500A (en) 2001-12-11

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AU2000255905A Expired AU2000255905B2 (en) 2000-05-26 2000-05-26 Four-wheel-drive automatic swimming pool cleaner

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EP (1) EP1290298B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE308652T1 (en)
AU (2) AU5590500A (en)
CA (1) CA2414117C (en)
DE (1) DE60023756T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2250146T3 (en)
WO (1) WO2001092664A1 (en)

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US6854148B1 (en) 2000-05-26 2005-02-15 Poolvernguegen Four-wheel-drive automatic swimming pool cleaner
US9593502B2 (en) 2009-10-19 2017-03-14 Hayward Industries, Inc. Swimming pool cleaner
EP2967268A1 (en) 2013-03-14 2016-01-20 Hayward Industries, Inc. Pool cleaner with articulated cleaning members
WO2014150506A1 (en) 2013-03-15 2014-09-25 Hayward Industries, Inc. Pool cleaning device with wheel drive assemblies
EP3039205B1 (en) 2013-08-30 2022-05-18 Hayward Industries, Inc. Swimming pool cleaner
USD789003S1 (en) 2014-11-07 2017-06-06 Hayward Industries, Inc. Pool cleaner
USD789624S1 (en) 2014-11-07 2017-06-13 Hayward Industries, Inc. Pool cleaner
USD787760S1 (en) 2014-11-07 2017-05-23 Hayward Industries, Inc. Pool cleaner
USD787761S1 (en) 2014-11-07 2017-05-23 Hayward Industries, Inc. Pool cleaner

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EP1290298A1 (en) 2003-03-12
EP1290298B1 (en) 2005-11-02
DE60023756D1 (en) 2005-12-08
EP1290298A4 (en) 2004-04-07
AU2000255905B2 (en) 2006-07-27
ES2250146T3 (en) 2006-04-16
CA2414117C (en) 2007-10-30
ATE308652T1 (en) 2005-11-15
WO2001092664A1 (en) 2001-12-06
AU2000255905A1 (en) 2002-02-28
DE60023756T2 (en) 2006-04-27
CA2414117A1 (en) 2001-12-06

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