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Document | Title | Date |
20080230453 | Pool skimmer debris gate - The invention provides a shield for attachment to a swimming pool skimmer to prevent debris in the pool water from entering the skimmer. The skimmer shield has a closure member in the form of a door that can be opened or closed to allow unrestricted flow into the skimmer when necessary. The shield mounts in the skimmer opening using a pair of tapered flanges and releasable lock in the form of a screw. | 09-25-2008 |
20080237101 | Temporary Potable Water Storage and Dispensing System - A temporary emergency water storage system provided for use in emergencies, such as hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, winter storms and other natural disasters in which municipal and/or fresh water supplies are cut off or rendered impure or un-potable. The temporary water storage can also be used to provide a supply of water in times of man made disasters, such as war or acts of terrorism or vandalism which can render municipal water supplies suspect or unusable. The temporary emergency water storage device is used in conjunction with the building's bathing pools. The bathing pool's water supply provides the source of the potable water that is stored prior to plan use. The temporary emergency water storage system includes a flexible storage bag for storing the protected potable water and pump for dispensing the potable water. The temporary water storage system is collapsible and portable | 10-02-2008 |
20080308478 | SCREEN FOR SWIMMING POOL SKIMMER AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A skimming screen for a swimming pool filtration system is disclosed. The skimming according to the invention includes a support frame having a central opening and a mesh fabric or screen material attached to the support frame so as to extend over substantially the entire area of the central opening. The support frame and the screen material are shaped and dimensioned to cover the intake orifice of the suction line when a strainer basket is removed for cleaning. A method of using the skimming screen to facilitate cleaning of the strainer basket is also disclosed. | 12-18-2008 |
20090078628 | Pool filtration system - A filtration grid cover pre-impregnated with a filtering media such as diatomaceous earth is provided. The cover may have a pouch configuration sized and configured to receive a filtration grid of a diatomaceous earth filtration system. The entry aperture of the cover may be positioned at a top edge, side edge or bottom of the cover. The filtering media may be pre-impregnated on an inner surface or an outer surface of the cover. Various means of enclosing the filtration grid in the cover is disclosed or are disclosed such as with buttons, hooks and loops, adhesives, etc. | 03-26-2009 |
20090120856 | SKIMMER COVER AND HELICAL RAMP APPARATUS - A device to allow animals trapped in a swimming pool skimmer to escape via a helical ramp integrally attached to a skimmer cover with an exit hole in the top. The invention provides for the replacement of an existing skimmer cover with the said invention to provide a simple hassle free solution to the drowning of small animals that get caught in the skimmer assembly. | 05-14-2009 |
20090120857 | Swimming pool maintenance apparatus - A swimming pool skimmer maintenance apparatus ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090145828 | HYDRAULIC PUMP COMPRISING A PREFILTER BODY IN TWO PORTIONS WHICH MAY BE ORIENTED IN ROTATION - The present invention relates to a hydraulic pump ( | 06-11-2009 |
20100059429 | FILTERING APPARATUS FOR POOL - A filtering apparatus, for preventing contaminants of water from entering a pool from a pool inlet having a screw-on cap, includes a stretchable elongated member and a securing member. The stretchable elongated member includes an open end portion, a closed end portion, and a body portion extending between the open end portion and the closed end portion. Further, the securing member is coupled to a periphery of the open end portion. The securing member is capable of being disposed on a peripheral edge of the pool inlet to enable removable coupling of the stretchable elongated member to the peripheral edge of the pool inlet via the screw-on cap for enabling accumulation of the contaminants of water in the stretchable elongated member. | 03-11-2010 |
20100065482 | Apparatus For Facilitating Maintenance Of A Pool Cleaning Device - Advantageous apparatus, are provided for facilitating maintenance of a automated pool cleaning device. More particularly, an improved automated pool cleaning device is provided, according to the present disclosure. The device, generally, includes a facially accessible quick-release roller assembly, a bucket-type filter assembly, and a windowed top access lid assembly. The improved roller assembly and filter assembly are easily accessible for maintenance purposes. Furthermore, the windowed lid assembly provides visual feedback as to when the filter assembly needs to be cleaned. | 03-18-2010 |
20100126918 | FLOW SELECTION DEVICE FOR USE WITH POOLS AND THE LIKE - A flow selection device for removal of detritus from a body of water, the device including at least one inlet manifold having a forward face with an opening, at least one outlet located in an upper rear portion of the device and at least one chamber located between the at least one inlet and at least one outlet and defining an annodated flow path between the opening in the forward face and the at least one outlet. | 05-27-2010 |
20110024339 | SWIMMING POOL CLEANER - A pool cleaner which includes a body, a passage through the body with an inlet to and an outlet from the passage, a flow interrupting device in the passage between the inlet and the outlet, and a float which is mounted for pivotal movement relative to the body and for rotational movement about the passage between first and second limiting positions. | 02-03-2011 |
20110062065 | EXCHANGEABLE MEDIA FILTER - A filter element for a pool or spa including a sintered plastic outer cylinder of a first diameter, a sintered plastic inner cylinder of a second diameter less than said first diameter; the inner cylinder being position coaxially with respect to the outer cylinder to define an annular interior chamber; and a selected granulated filter medium or combination of media residing in the annular interior chamber. | 03-17-2011 |
20110062066 | Exchangeable Media Filter - A filter element for a pool or spa including a sintered plastic outer cylinder of a first diameter, a sintered plastic inner cylinder of a second diameter less than said first diameter; the inner cylinder being position coaxially with respect to the outer cylinder to define an annular interior chamber; and a selected granulated filter medium or combination of media residing in the annular interior chamber. | 03-17-2011 |
20110120925 | Exchangeable Media Filter - A filter element for positioning in a filter compartment of a spa includes a plastic mesh outer cylinder and a plastic mesh inner cylinder, the inner cylinder being positioned coaxially with respect to the outer cylinder to define an annular interior chamber with a filter element of annular cross-section disposed in the chamber and having keyed landings formed on the top and bottom thereof, which respectively mate and interlock with one or more keyed landings on top and bottom caps of the filter element. The apparatus may further include a plurality of vertically disposed mesh compartments interlinked in a ring and disposed within the filter element, the compartments being filled with a selected filter medium or filter media. | 05-26-2011 |
20110147287 | Membrane Fixation System for a Swimming-Pool Cleaning Apparatus - System for attaching a membrane on a cleaning device for swimming-pools. The invention concerns a system for attaching a net to a swimming-pool cleaning device, enabling the net to be held perfectly taut and to be correctly and fully attached to a separate container from the cleaning device that can easily be inserted into the device by the user. The invention device consists of a separate container ( | 06-23-2011 |
20120097589 | DEBRIS FILTER - Filters and methods of filtering debris from fluid are detailed. A vortex of debris-laden fluid may be created within a filter, causing certain debris (including, for example, leaves) to settle therein. Some versions of the filters may include two stages, one having a perforated tube and a second having a generally frustoconically-shaped tube, which may or may not be perforated. | 04-26-2012 |
20120138518 | FILTERING SYSTEM FOR SWIMMING POOLS - A natural filtering system for the treatment of swimming pool water and/or treatment processes in other applications involving the use of water (aqueducts, wells, drinking water purification plant, filtering plant for the collection of rain water, etc.), which can be installed inside compensation tanks in the case of swimming pools or in storage tanks or decantation tanks for other applications, and where the compensation tank ( | 06-07-2012 |
20120193276 | Water Play Structure Having Playing Equipment - There is disclosed a water play structure comprising play facilities to enable water-play, which includes a first storage tank having the play facilities provided therein, the first storage tank configured to receive water, a second storage tank connected with the first storage tank via a passage, and a cleaning unit provided in the passage provided between the first storage tank and the second storage tank, to purify the water supplied to the first storage tank from the second storage tank. | 08-02-2012 |
20130105374 | Water filter | 05-02-2013 |
20130193043 | CLEANING OF SWIMMING POOLS - The invention relates to a swimming pool cleaner. The swimming pool cleaner comprises a pool cleaner body comprising a conduit with an inlet end and an outlet end. The conduit defines a flow path through the body. The body is connectable to a water source from which a water stream can be directed through the conduit. The swimming pool cleaner further comprises a receptacle which is connected to the body and has an inlet opening outside the conduit. The inlet opening of the receptacle is directed or faces in an operatively upstream direction towards the inlet end of the conduit. The receptacle defines a receptacle pocket for receiving solid material which enters the inlet opening of the receptacle. | 08-01-2013 |
20130206659 | Moving and Floating Pool Cleaner Apparatus - A moving and floating pool cleaner apparatus includes a circular cap, a basket, a floating container, an attachment tube, and a T-shaped adapter. The moving and floating pool cleaner apparatus attaches with an existing automatic pool cleaner, and cleans the surface of the pool water by removing all of the floating debris. The circular cap is attached to the floating container, and the floating container is attached with the automatic pool cleaner through the attachment tube and the T-shaped adapter. The basket is positioned within the floating container. The pool water with floating debris goes into the floating container and then to the basket, where the basket retains bigger particles while the pool water redirects into the attachment tube. Then the pool water is forwarded into a pool cleaning unit so that the pool water can be thoroughly cleaned before pumps back into the pool. | 08-15-2013 |
20130228499 | Vertical Filter - A vertical filter assembly includes a top filter assembly, the top filter assembly including a primary filter; a canister in fluid communication with the top filter assembly, the canister including a canister body having a sidewall and a bottom wall that define a hollow interior of the canister; and a secondary filter positioned within the hollow interior of the canister and supported above the bottom wall of the canister. | 09-05-2013 |
20130334113 | PORTABLE SWIMMING POOL STAIR ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRAL FILTER AND CIRCULATION SYSTEM - A swimming pool accessory that is placed into and adjacent a sidewall of the pool includes a staircase assembly constructed from opposing sidewalls that support a plurality of steps that define an interior portion in which a filter assembly is mounted that includes a filter cartridge housing for receiving a removable filter cartridge, a pool skimmer having an inlet that is mounted through one of the opposing sidewalls and an outlet coupled to the filter cartridge housing, and a pump assembly having one end coupled to the filter cartridge housing and a second end forming a water discharge outlet and mounted to the other sidewall. The pump assembly includes a submersible water pump for drawing water through a filter cartridge positioned on the housing and pumping filtered water through the water discharge outlet to create a circulation of water about the interior periphery of the pool. | 12-19-2013 |
20140102966 | Spa Filter Bypass - A filter system includes a conduit for fluidly interfacing to a pump and a shroud adapted to be in fluid communication with a body of water in a spa/tub. A stand pipe has a first end structurally affixed to a bottom surface of the shroud. The first end of the stand pipe is fluidly interfaced to the conduit for transference of water to a pump. A distal second end of the stand pipe has a bypass valve and the stand pipe is sized and positioned within the shroud for holding and supporting a filter media. | 04-17-2014 |
20160017622 | WATER TREATMENT AND PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF - A modular antimicrobial and antifungal treatment system for a spa or pool includes a main module. The main module comprising a transition metal mesh configured to allow fluid to enter and exit the main module. An anti-microbial and antifungal plastic material arranged in an interior portion of the main module. Individual modules in the main module includes a time release anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, or both, components, a sea salt component, and an adsorbent material. Further, a modular antimicrobial and antifungal treatment system for a spa or pool includes a support member coupled to the main module configured to hold the main module within an interior portion of a filter. | 01-21-2016 |
20160023138 | ADAPTABLE BASKET - A basket includes a net apparatus having an annular structure and netting. The basket also includes an annular bottom piece having a top and defining a slot having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion and an annular cavity for receiving the annular structure of the net apparatus. The basket also includes an annular top piece having a horizontal component and a vertical component coupled to the horizontal component and that includes a tab for coupling to the vertical portion of the slot. The adaptable basket can be assembled by positioning the annular structure of the net apparatus within the annular cavity of the annular bottom piece, positioning the annular top piece above the annular bottom piece such that the tab is received by the vertical portion of the slot, and rotating the annular top piece such that the tab rotates away from the vertical portion of the slot. | 01-28-2016 |
20160201349 | POOL SKIMMER WITH INTEGRATED LIGHT | 07-14-2016 |