IP Library Granted Patent US 11,802,418
Granted Patent B2
US 11,802,418 · App. 17/942,358 · Granted Oct 31, 2023

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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Patent No.
US 11,802,418
App. No.
17/942,358
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
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 (11)

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; and

c. an indicator movable relative to the body, the indicator movable between a first position and a second position based on a quantity of debris in the debris filter, wherein the second position is visible from outside the body.

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

3. The swimming pool cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 in which a spring moves the indicator from the first position to the second position.

4. The swimming pool cleaning apparatus according to claim 3 in which the spring is a torsion spring.

5. The swimming pool cleaning apparatus according to claim 2 in which a spring moves the indicator from the first position to the second position.

6. The swimming pool cleaning apparatus according to claim 5 in which the spring is a torsion spring.

7. The swimming pool cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a debris filter filling level sensor that causes the indicator to move from the first position to the second position.

8. The swimming pool cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a battery level sensor that causes the indicator to move from the first position to the second position.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE NAME OF INVENTOR PHILIPPE BLANC TAILLEUR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 061637 FRAME: 0988. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 8, 2022
From: BLANC TAILLEUR, PHILIPPE; MUNOZ, FAUSTINE; PICHON, PHILIPPE
To: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
Reel/Frame 061900/0474 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2022
From: BLANC TAILLEUR, PHILIPP; MUNOZ, FAUSTINE; PICHON, PHILIPPE
To: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
Reel/Frame 061637/0988 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1453023 · Apr 4, 2014 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17147360 · Jan 12, 2021
Continuation 16576693 · Sep 19, 2019
Continuation 15797174 · Oct 30, 2017
Continuation 14440475
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