CA2224980A1 - Automatic swimming pool cleaning system - Google Patents

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Publication number: CA2224980A1
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: water; wall surface; water surface; proximate; pool
Prior art date: 1995-06-27
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

CA002224980A

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English (en)

French (fr)

Inventor

Jordan M. Laby

Melvyn L. Henkin

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Individual

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1995-06-27

Filing date

1996-06-26

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1997-01-16

1996-06-26 Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual

1997-01-16 Publication of CA2224980A1 publication Critical patent/CA2224980A1/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- 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)
Cleaning By Liquid Or Steam (AREA)
Apparatus For Disinfection Or Sterilisation (AREA)
Cyclones (AREA)
Control Of Linear Motors (AREA)
Centrifugal Separators (AREA)

CA002224980A 1995-06-27 1996-06-26 Automatic swimming pool cleaning system Abandoned CA2224980A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US69995P	1995-06-27	1995-06-27
US60/000,699		1995-06-27

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA2224980A1 true CA2224980A1 (en)	1997-01-16

Family

ID=21692655

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
CA002224980A Abandoned CA2224980A1 (en)	1995-06-27	1996-06-26	Automatic swimming pool cleaning system

Country Status (10)

Country	Link
EP (2)	EP0835357B1 (cs)
AT (1)	ATE250174T1 (cs)
AU (2)	AU694971B2 (cs)
CA (1)	CA2224980A1 (cs)
CZ (1)	CZ417197A3 (cs)
DE (1)	DE69630035D1 (cs)
ES (2)	ES2207677T3 (cs)
NZ (1)	NZ312536A (cs)
WO (2)	WO1997001689A1 (cs)
ZA (1)	ZA965475B (cs)

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1996
- 1996-06-26 EP EP96923620A patent/EP0835357B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-06-26 CA CA002224980A patent/CA2224980A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1996-06-26 NZ NZ312536A patent/NZ312536A/en unknown
- 1996-06-26 ES ES96923620T patent/ES2207677T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-06-26 CZ CZ974171A patent/CZ417197A3/cs unknown
- 1996-06-26 DE DE69630035T patent/DE69630035D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1996-06-26 WO PCT/US1996/011238 patent/WO1997001689A1/en not_active Ceased
- 1996-06-26 AT AT96923620T patent/ATE250174T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1996-06-26 AU AU64087/96A patent/AU694971B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1996-06-27 ZA ZA9605475A patent/ZA965475B/xx unknown
1997
- 1997-05-06 AU AU29993/97A patent/AU732034B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1997-05-06 WO PCT/US1997/007742 patent/WO1997049504A1/en not_active Ceased
- 1997-05-06 ES ES97924612T patent/ES2263176T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1997-05-06 EP EP97924612A patent/EP0912261B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0835357B1 (en)	2003-09-17
WO1997049504A1 (en)	1997-12-31
ES2207677T3 (es)	2004-06-01
EP0912261B1 (en)	2006-04-26
ZA965475B (en)	1997-08-20
EP0835357A1 (en)	1998-04-15
ATE250174T1 (de)	2003-10-15
AU694971B2 (en)	1998-08-06
WO1997001689A1 (en)	1997-01-16
AU732034B2 (en)	2001-04-12
EP0912261A4 (en)	2002-01-23
DE69630035D1 (de)	2003-10-23
CZ417197A3 (cs)	1998-09-16
AU6408796A (en)	1997-01-30
AU2999397A (en)	1998-01-14
ES2263176T3 (es)	2006-12-01
NZ312536A (en)	1998-07-28
EP0835357A4 (en)	1998-12-23
EP0912261A1 (en)	1999-05-06

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2004-06-28	FZDE	Discontinued

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