Swimming pool cleaning device with obstacle clearing system

a technology of obstacle clearing and swimming pool, which is applied in the direction of gymnasiums, public buildings, buildings types, etc., can solve the problems of frequent obstacles encountered by robots, and achieve the effects of facilitating clearing, facilitating clearing, and facilitating clearing

Active Publication Date: 2018-10-04
ZODIAC POOL CARE EURO
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Facilitates the clearing of obstacles and reduces energy consumption by ensuring the intermediate wheel only engages with the surface when encountering an obstacle, enhancing the robot's ability to navigate pool surfaces effectively.

Problems solved by technology

It has been found that these robots frequently experience difficulties in clearing obstacles on the bottom of the swimming pool, notably when those obstacles lead to loss of contact of one of the wheels of the robot drive and guiding means with the surface over which the robot is moving.

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[0042]The invention finds a place in a swimming pool technical environment, for example a family type below-ground swimming pool.

[0043]In the present embodiment, an immersed surface cleaning system includes a cleaning device 10, referred to hereinafter as a swimming pool cleaning robot, and a power supply and control unit of said swimming pool cleaning robot (not shown in the figures). In a variant, this power supply and control unit may be integrated into the cleaning device.

[0044]FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of the cleaning device 10 described here by way of example.

[0045]In these figures, the device is here of the type ejecting water toward the rear of the device relative to the plane on which the device rolls. In another embodiment, the device ejects water towards the top of the device relative to the plane on which the robot rolls.

[0046]The swimming pool cleaning device includes a body 11 and means 12 for driving and guiding the body 11 over an immersed surface. In the pres...

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The invention is directed to a swimming pool cleaning device comprising:a body,means for driving and guiding the body comprising at least two pairs of wheels: front wheels and rear wheels,characterized in that the drive means of the device further include:an intermediate wheel turning about a rotation axis disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel on at least one of the two sides of the device, the diameter and the position of the rotation axis of this intermediate wheel being such that said wheel does not touch the guide plane XrYr when the robot is resting on the latter, said guide plane XrYr being defined by the points of contact of the front and rear wheels with the ground.

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[0001]The present invention is in the field of swimming pool equipment. It more particularly concerns a robot type autonomous swimming pool cleaning device.PREAMBLE AND PRIOR ART[0002]The invention concerns a device for cleaning a surface immersed in a liquid, such as a surface formed by the walls of a pool, notably a swimming pool. It is notably a mobile swimming pool cleaning robot. A cleaning robot of this kind cleans as it travels over the bottom and the walls of the swimming pool, brushing the walls, and aspirating the debris toward a filter. By debris is meant all the particles present in the pool, such as leaf fragments, microalgae, etc., this debris normally being deposited on the bottom of the pool or stuck to the side walls thereof.[0003]The robot is most commonly fed with energy by an electrical cable connecting the robot to an external control and power supply unit.[0004]There are known in this field, for example, the applicant's patents FR 2 925 557 and 2 925 551 direct...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E04H4/16
CPCE04H4/1654
InventorPICHON, PHILIPPETAILLEUR, PHILIPPE BLANCFAVIE, LOUIS
OwnerZODIAC POOL CARE EURO