Swimming pool skimmer
US5510020A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04H4/1254
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A swimming pool skimmer apparatus having a skimmer arm with one end positioned inside the opening of a swimming pool weir and held in position by a pair of spring loaded pins, and the opposite end is shaped in the form of a hook to direct some of the water current flow along the line of the skimmer arm and toward the swimming pool weir. A screen is held in an opening formed within the skimmer arm along the greater part of the length and width of the skimmer arm. With the flow of the swimming pool inlets directed in one direction, a circular, counter clockwise current is set up and the pool skimmer of the invention diverts the debris into the swimming pool weir.
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