EP0483677A3 - Functioning method and cleaning device for swimming pools - Google Patents

Functioning method and cleaning device for swimming pools Download PDF

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EP0483677A3
EP0483677A3 EP19910118211 EP91118211A EP0483677A3 EP 0483677 A3 EP0483677 A3 EP 0483677A3 EP 19910118211 EP19910118211 EP 19910118211 EP 91118211 A EP91118211 A EP 91118211A EP 0483677 A3 EP0483677 A3 EP 0483677A3
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Peter Sommer
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3S Systemtechnik AG
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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

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  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
  • Control Of Position, Course, Altitude, Or Attitude Of Moving Bodies (AREA)
  • Detergent Compositions (AREA)
  • Cleaning By Liquid Or Steam (AREA)
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  • Vehicle Cleaning, Maintenance, Repair, Refitting, And Outriggers (AREA)

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The invention relates to a process and apparatus for cleaning a swimming pool, where the apparatus or device, moves back and forth in the swimming pool, and where the device has driving gears or belts that can be switched to drive reverse or forward during operation. A contact rail is frontally positioned in the cleaning casing of the device, and a swich rail is positioned at the rear of the casing. Correction-dependent signals are obtained by the device striking an obstacle and these signals are supplied to a gear via a control mechanism. Upon obtaining such signals, the driving gear or belt slows down and remains still for so long until the other driving gear or belt which is still moving turns the cleaning device around and until the rear switch rail is activated. The signals resulting from the switch rail are used for switching the gear to reverse and for straightening out the cleaning device to a new position and prepare it to a forwards motion to continue its course along the swimming pool.
EP91118211A 1990-10-31 1991-10-25 Functioning method and cleaning device for swimming pools Expired - Lifetime EP0483677B1 (en)

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CH347090 1990-10-31
CH3470/90 1990-10-31
CH303291 1991-10-16
CH3032/91 1991-10-16

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EP0483677A2 EP0483677A2 (en) 1992-05-06
EP0483677A3 true EP0483677A3 (en) 1992-09-23
EP0483677B1 EP0483677B1 (en) 1997-04-09

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EP91118211A Expired - Lifetime EP0483677B1 (en) 1990-10-31 1991-10-25 Functioning method and cleaning device for swimming pools

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EP (1) EP0483677B1 (en)
JP (1) JP3222509B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE151490T1 (en)
DE (1) DE59108653D1 (en)
DK (1) DK0483677T3 (en)
ES (1) ES2101709T3 (en)
GR (1) GR3023656T3 (en)

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US3439368A (en) * 1967-01-03 1969-04-22 Robert R Myers Swimming pool cleaner
DE3110203A1 (en) * 1981-03-17 1982-09-30 Rolf 6450 Hanau Corvinus Process and apparatus for cleaning a swimming pool
EP0099489A1 (en) * 1982-07-05 1984-02-01 Sommer, Schenk AG Method of and machine for cleaning a water basin
US4692956A (en) * 1985-12-31 1987-09-15 Kassis Amin I Pool vacuum
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DK0483677T3 (en) 1997-10-27
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