Battery Pool Cleaner Cylindrical Flow Path
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pool cleaners often require external water sources and flexible hoses, limiting their efficiency and versatility in cleaning swimming pools and other water features without obstructing the debris removal path.
Innovation Solution
A battery-powered pool cleaner with a cylindrical flow path and submersible pump and motor unit that creates a vacuum for debris removal, operating independently without external water sources, featuring a debris bag and unobstructed central axis for efficient debris collection and discharge.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional pool cleaners use external water sources and flexible hoses, then they can operate with simpler self-contained systems, but their cleaning efficiency and versatility are limited due to obstructed debris removal paths
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaner body is divided into functional segments including a debris collection chamber, filtration system, and discharge mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining an unobstructed central debris removal path, resolving the contradiction between cleaning efficiency and system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional hose-based debris removal to a three-dimensional vertical discharge system. Debris is collected and ejected upward through the top of the cleaner body, creating an unobstructed central path that eliminates the need for flexible hoses and external water sources, thereby improving cleaning efficiency without excessive complexity
2Adaptability or versatility
If pool cleaners require external water sources, then they can maintain simpler operational systems, but their versatility is reduced for use in various water features
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaner is equipped with an internal water reservoir and pump system that operates autonomously without requiring external water sources. This self-service capability allows the device to function independently in various water features such as ponds, fountains, and pools, enhancing versatility while maintaining ease of operation through automated water circulation and debris removal
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaner is designed with universal applicability across different water features through adjustable operational parameters and a versatile debris collection system. The device can adapt to various water volumes, depths, and debris types while maintaining simple operation, resolving the contradiction between versatility and ease of operation
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient dirt and debris removal from pool surfaces without external water sources, maintaining an unobstructed path and enhancing cleaning efficiency with a self-contained system.
Implementation Method 1
a submersible pump and motor unit arranged and configured to create a vacuum and drive water and debris along an unobstructed path
Implementation Method 2
the series of apertures is arranged and configured to direct water through the debris discharge opening such that a fluid exiting the debris discharge opening rotates about the central axis while exiting the main body
Data Source
AI summary
Pool cleaners are disclosed relating to underwater vacuum cleaning that include a main body, a debris discharge opening, a debris suction opening and a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber may be arranged around an unobstructed cylindrical flow path with the pressure chamber being positioned between the debris discharge opening and the debris suction opening such that water discharged from the pressure chamber directs debris into a debris bag. The cleaners may further be configured to operate by way of a submersible pump, submersible electric motor and a battery.