EP0476413A3 - An automatic swimming pool cleaner - Google Patents

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EP0476413A3
EP0476413A3 EP19910114781 EP91114781A EP0476413A3 EP 0476413 A3 EP0476413 A3 EP 0476413A3 EP 19910114781 EP19910114781 EP 19910114781 EP 91114781 A EP91114781 A EP 91114781A EP 0476413 A3 EP0476413 A3 EP 0476413A3
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Prior art keywords
swimming pool
pool cleaner
automatic swimming
automatic
cleaner
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EP0476413A2 (en
EP0476413B1 (en
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Dieter J. Rief
Herman E. Frentzel
Jerauld G. Wright
Paul Sebor
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Sta Rite Industries LLC
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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
    • E04H4/1663—Self-propelled cleaners the propulsion resulting from an intermittent interruption of the waterflow through the cleaner
    • 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
EP91114781A 1990-09-21 1991-09-02 An automatic swimming pool cleaner Expired - Lifetime EP0476413B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US58642590A 1990-09-21 1990-09-21
US586425 1990-09-21

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EP0476413A2 EP0476413A2 (en) 1992-03-25
EP0476413A3 true EP0476413A3 (en) 1992-06-17
EP0476413B1 EP0476413B1 (en) 1996-12-11

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EP91114781A Expired - Lifetime EP0476413B1 (en) 1990-09-21 1991-09-02 An automatic swimming pool cleaner

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EP (1) EP0476413B1 (en)
AU (1) AU643831B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9104046A (en)
CA (1) CA2051936C (en)
DE (1) DE69123524T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2096607T3 (en)
HK (1) HK1008060A1 (en)
NZ (1) NZ239886A (en)
ZA (1) ZA917026B (en)

Families Citing this family (12)

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US5379473A (en) * 1990-09-21 1995-01-10 Sta-Rite Industries, Inc. Automatic swimming pool cleaner
AU663921B2 (en) * 1992-02-28 1995-10-26 Pavel Sebor Self propelled submersible suction cleaner
NZ245991A (en) 1992-02-28 1995-07-26 Pavel Sebor Self-propelled submersible suction cleaner for use in swimming pools - method of cleaning using same
US5386607A (en) * 1992-02-28 1995-02-07 Sebor; Pavel Ground engaging means for a submersible cleaning device
US5404607A (en) * 1992-05-11 1995-04-11 Sebor; Pavel Self-propelled submersible suction cleaner
ES2127246T3 (en) * 1992-03-04 1999-04-16 Kreepy Krauly Pty Ltd VALVE ELEMENT FOR AUTOMATIC POOL CLEANER.
US5197158A (en) * 1992-04-07 1993-03-30 Philip L. Leslie Swimming pool cleaner
US5664275A (en) * 1992-05-11 1997-09-09 Sebor; Pavel Vibratory oscillator swimming pool cleaner employing means for facilitating self starting and for avoiding clogging
US6751822B2 (en) 1997-07-11 2004-06-22 Pavelssebor Family Trust Submerged surface pool cleaning device
CZ298657B6 (en) 1997-07-11 2007-12-12 Moyra A. Phillipson Family Trust Swimming pool cleaning device
US6292969B1 (en) * 1997-08-21 2001-09-25 Oak Nominees (Pty) Ltd Swimming pool cleaner
CN111820814B (en) * 2019-04-23 2022-12-27 博西华电器（江苏）有限公司 Brush head and cleaning equipment

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DE2620119A1 (en) * 1976-05-06 1977-11-24 Chauvier Fernand L O J Swimming pool wall and floor cleaning appts. - uses water circulating pump as power source and has two parallel supply tubes to cleaning head
US4275474A (en) * 1979-04-30 1981-06-30 Woodard Randle C Vacuum head for swimming pool cleaning system
US4351077A (en) * 1979-12-18 1982-09-28 Hofmann Helmut J Cleaning apparatus for submerged surfaces
FR2520422A1 (en) * 1982-01-26 1983-07-29 Tubsud Automation Sa Cleaner for swimming pool - draws water through oscillating valve to drive wheel creating translational movement
DE3320922A1 (en) * 1983-06-09 1984-12-13 Peacock Investments (Proprietary) Ltd., Johannesburg, Transvaal Suction cleaning head
FR2584442A1 (en) * 1985-07-02 1987-01-09 Puech Frederic Apparatus for automatically cleaning a submerged surface

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CA1066462A (en) * 1975-02-25 1979-11-20 Fernand L.O.J. Chauvier Apparatus for cleaning submerged surfaces

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2620119A1 (en) * 1976-05-06 1977-11-24 Chauvier Fernand L O J Swimming pool wall and floor cleaning appts. - uses water circulating pump as power source and has two parallel supply tubes to cleaning head
US4275474A (en) * 1979-04-30 1981-06-30 Woodard Randle C Vacuum head for swimming pool cleaning system
US4351077A (en) * 1979-12-18 1982-09-28 Hofmann Helmut J Cleaning apparatus for submerged surfaces
FR2520422A1 (en) * 1982-01-26 1983-07-29 Tubsud Automation Sa Cleaner for swimming pool - draws water through oscillating valve to drive wheel creating translational movement
DE3320922A1 (en) * 1983-06-09 1984-12-13 Peacock Investments (Proprietary) Ltd., Johannesburg, Transvaal Suction cleaning head
FR2584442A1 (en) * 1985-07-02 1987-01-09 Puech Frederic Apparatus for automatically cleaning a submerged surface

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AU643831B2 (en) 1993-11-25
CA2051936C (en) 1994-12-13
AU8461291A (en) 1992-03-26
EP0476413A2 (en) 1992-03-25
EP0476413B1 (en) 1996-12-11
ES2096607T3 (en) 1997-03-16
NZ239886A (en) 1994-08-26
BR9104046A (en) 1992-06-02
DE69123524D1 (en) 1997-01-23
HK1008060A1 (en) 1999-04-30
CA2051936A1 (en) 1992-03-22
DE69123524T2 (en) 1997-05-15
ZA917026B (en) 1992-05-27

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