IP Library Granted Patent US 11,473,325
Granted Patent B2
US 11,473,325 · App. 17/147,360 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Swimming pool cleaning device including a removable filter device

Inventors: Philippe Blanc Tailleur (Toulouse, FR); Faustine Munoz (Venissieux, FR); Philippe Pichon (Villeneuve de Riviere, FR)
Assignee: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
E04H4/1654C02F1/001E04H4/1209E04H4/1609C02F2103/42
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,473,325
App. No.
17/147,360
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Swimming pool cleaning apparatus may include a cleaning unit intended to be immersed in a swimming pool and at least one liquid filter circuit between at least one liquid inlet and at least one liquid outlet via a filter chamber removable from the body of the cleaning unit. The filter chamber may include a cover and a filter basket. The cover may include components for fastening the filter basket and locking the filter chamber to the body of the cleaning unit. The locking component may be releasable and, when released, may cause an extraction handle to be deployed from the filter chamber and urged toward a predetermined position.

Claims (7)

1. A swimming pool cleaning apparatus comprising:

a. a body;

b. a debris filter, at least a part of which is disposed inside the body;

c. an indicator, mobile from a first position to a second position, the indicator being visible from outside the body when in the second position; and

d. means for urging the indicator toward the second position when the debris filter contains a predetermined quantity of debris.

2. A swimming pool cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 in which the indicator comprises a handle.

3. A swimming pool cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 in which the means for urging comprises a torsion spring.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: TAILLEUR, PHILIPPE BLANC; MUNOZ, FAUSTINE; PICHON, PHILIPPE
To: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
Reel/Frame 055935/0576 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1453023 · Apr 4, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16576693 · Sep 19, 2019
Continuation 15797174 · Oct 30, 2017
Continuation 14440475
Related Publication 20210131132A1 · May 6, 2021