公开(公告)号：US11802418B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US17942358

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Zodiac Pool Care Europe

Inventor： Philippe Blanc Tailleur ,  Faustine Munoz ,  Philippe Pichon

IPC: E04H4/16 ,  E04H4/12 ,  C02F1/00 ,  C02F103/42

CPC classification number: E04H4/1654 ,  C02F1/001 ,  E04H4/1209 ,  E04H4/1609 ,  C02F2103/42

Abstract: Swimming pool cleaning apparatus may include a cleaning unit intended to be immersed in a swimming pool and at least one liquid filter circuit between at least one liquid inlet and at least one liquid outlet via a filter chamber removable from the body of the cleaning unit. The filter chamber may include a cover and a filter basket. The cover may include components for fastening the filter basket and locking the filter chamber to the body of the cleaning unit. The locking component may be releasable and, when released, may cause an extraction handle to be deployed from the filter chamber and urged toward a predetermined position.

公开(公告)号：US11505959B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US16780556

申请日：2020-02-03

Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE

Inventor： Philippe Blanc Tailleur ,  Louis Favie ,  Thierry Michelon ,  Philippe Pichon

IPC: E04H4/16 ,  B08B3/14

Abstract: The invention relates to a swimming-pool cleaning apparatus which comprises: a body; at least one hydraulic circuit for circulating liquid between at least one liquid intake and at least one liquid outlet, and through a filtering device of the cleaning apparatus; a fluid-circulation pump installed in the hydraulic circuit downstream from the filtering device; means for adjusting the pressure inside the hydraulic circuit upstream from the circulation pump, in response to a detected variation of said pressure, said pressure-adjustment means comprising: at least one secondary liquid intake (21) connected to the hydraulic circuit, upstream from the circulation pump, said at least one secondary liquid intake (21) being provided with a valve (22) mounted rotatably movable about an axis of rotation, and with means for driving the valve from an open position to a closed position, said means for driving the valve comprising a float (26), the orientation and/or the force of which depend on the orientation of the cleaning apparatus relative to a horizontal plane.

公开(公告)号：US20210108432A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-15

申请号：US17108696

申请日：2020-12-01

Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE

Inventor： Philippe Pichon ,  Simon Duffaut ,  Philippe Blanc-Tailleur

IPC: E04H4/14 ,  E04H4/16 ,  B60M7/00

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for extraction of a swimming pool cleaning robot.
The device comprises: a support frame; a plate which can be deployed beyond the support frame and below the latter; means for controlling the deployment of the said plate.

公开(公告)号：US20200270891A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16648005

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE

Inventor： Philippe Pichon ,  Philippe Blanc Tailleur ,  E. Keith McQueen

IPC: E04H4/16 ,  E04H4/12

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (18) for separating out debris suspended in a liquid, for a swimming pool cleaning apparatus, said cleaning apparatus comprising: —a body (11), —at least one hydraulic circuit circulating liquid between at least one liquid inlet (15) and at least one liquid outlet (16), and through the separation housing (18) that separates out debris suspended in the liquid, —a fluid circulation pump installed in the hydraulic circuit. The device (18) for separating out debris suspended in a liquid comprises means for the centrifugal spinning of the debris suspended in the liquid and a tank for collecting said centrifugally separated debris. The separation device (18) comprises a liquid supply duct (24) opening into a filtration chamber (22) defining a substantially cylindrical volume, tangentially to a cylindrical wall (201) of said filtration chamber, said filtration chamber (22) communicating with the collecting tank (23) that collects the centrifugally separated debris.

公开(公告)号：US10400467B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15331609

申请日：2016-10-21

Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE

Inventor： Philippe Pichon ,  Philippe Blanc Tailleur ,  Louis Favie

IPC: E04H4/16

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US20190032357A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16046517

申请日：2018-07-26

Applicant: Zodiac Pool Care Europe

Inventor： Philippe Pichon ,  E. Keith McQueen

IPC: E04H4/16 ,  B01D46/00

Abstract: Apparatus and techniques for indicating loading of filters are described. The apparatus and techniques are especially (although not necessarily exclusively) useful in connection with automatic pool cleaners with on-board filters and pumps. Indicators identifying clogging of the filters may be included in or on the cleaners or transmitted as information to users for further action.

公开(公告)号：US20180150963A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-31

申请号：US15572293

申请日：2016-05-04

Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE

Inventor： Thierry Michelon ,  Philippe Pichon

IPC: G06T7/44 ,  E04H4/16 ,  B08B3/04 ,  H04N5/225

CPC classification number: G06T7/44 ,  B08B3/04 ,  E04H4/1654 ,  H04N5/225

Abstract: The invention relates to a pool cleaning apparatus including: a cleaning unit (100), at least one hydraulic system for circulating a liquid between at least one liquid inlet (103) and at least one liquid outlet (104) and through a filtration device of the cleaning unit (100), a pump suitable for forcing the circulation of water between the liquid inlet (103) and the liquid outlet (104) and through the filtration device, drive and guide means for moving the cleaning unit, and means for controlling said drive and guide means. The pool cleaning apparatus includes at least one debris detection means placed in the hydraulic system of the cleaning unit (100).

公开(公告)号：US20180066445A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-08

申请号：US15797174

申请日：2017-10-30

Applicant: Zodiac Pool Care Europe

Inventor： Philippe Blanc Tailleur ,  Faustine Munoz ,  Philippe Pichon

IPC: E04H4/16 ,  C02F1/00 ,  E04H4/12 ,  C02F103/42

CPC classification number: E04H4/1654 ,  C02F1/001 ,  C02F2103/42 ,  E04H4/1209 ,  E04H4/1609

Abstract: The invention consists in swimming pool cleaning apparatus comprising: a cleaning unit intended to be immersed in the swimming pool, at least one liquid filter circuit between at least one liquid inlet and at least one liquid outlet via a filter chamber removable from the body of the cleaning unit. The filter chamber comprises: a cover, a filter basket. The cover including releasable means for fastening the filter basket and means for locking the filter chamber to the body of the cleaning unit, these locking means being releasable and, when released, causing an extraction handle to be deployed from the filter chamber and urged towards a predetermined position.

公开(公告)号：US09809989B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-07

申请号：US14440475

申请日：2015-04-02

Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE

Inventor： Philippe Blanc Tailleur ,  Faustine Munoz ,  Philippe Pichon

IPC: E04H4/16 ,  C02F1/00 ,  E04H4/12 ,  C02F103/42

CPC classification number: E04H4/1654 ,  C02F1/001 ,  C02F2103/42 ,  E04H4/1209 ,  E04H4/1609

Abstract: The invention is a swimming pool cleaning apparatus comprising a cleaning unit intended to be immersed in the swimming pool, at least one liquid filter circuit between at least one liquid net and at least one liquid outlet via a filter chamber removable from the body of the cleaning unit. The filter chamber comprises a cover and a filter basket. The cover including releasable means for fastening the filter basket and means for locking the filter chamber to the body of the cleaning unit, these locking means being releasable and, when released, causing an extraction handle to be deployed from the filter chamber and urged towards a predetermined position.

公开(公告)号：US09657488B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14521521

申请日：2014-10-23

Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE

Inventor： Philippe Pichon ,  Rémi Deloche ,  Philippe Blanc-Tailleur

IPC: E04H4/16

CPC classification number: E04H4/1654

Abstract: The invention relates to a swimming pool cleaning apparatus comprising: at least one hydraulic liquid circulation circuit between at least one liquid inlet (3) and at least one liquid outlet (4), and through a removable filtration device of the cleaning apparatus. The filtration device comprises at least one filtration chamber (8) comprising: a cover (2), a filtration basket (17), the hydraulic fluid circulation circuit comprising a liquid discharge tube (20) emerging from the apparatus through an opening (4) formed in the cover (2) of the filtration device, the filtration basket (17) comprising a central filtering wall (9) surrounding the liquid discharge tube (20) over at least a part of its length.