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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
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.
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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.
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公开(公告)号:US20180283028A9
公开(公告)日:2018-10-04
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
CPC classification number: E04H4/1654
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.
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公开(公告)号:US09963897B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-08
申请号:US15319325
申请日:2015-10-20
Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
Inventor: Louis Favie , Remi Deloche
IPC: E04H4/16 , H01R39/64 , H02G9/12 , H01R13/523
CPC classification number: E04H4/1654 , B63B22/00 , E04H4/1645 , E04H4/1672 , H01R13/523 , H01R13/565 , H01R33/90 , H01R39/64 , H01R39/643 , H02G9/12
Abstract: The invention relates to a power lead for a swimming pool cleaning robot. Said power lead comprises a rotary connector and a buoyancy means supporting said rotary connector. An upper part of said buoyancy means is a cap shaped to slide under a swimming pool cover, under the effect of a traction exerted by the swimming pool cleaning robot on the buoyancy means through the power lead.
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公开(公告)号:US20240401359A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-05
申请号:US18802218
申请日:2024-08-13
Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
Inventor: Arnaud Besnier , Louis Favie , Pierre Mazet , Remi Deloche
IPC: E04H4/16
Abstract: Automatic swimming pool cleaners (APCs) may include separate chassis and bodies. Such constructions may facilitate assembly and disassembly of certain components of the APCs, with or without using tools. APCs with separate chassis and bodies may enable quick and easy access to motor assemblies of the APC, and bodies of the APCs may be readily interchanged on a common chassis.
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公开(公告)号:US20240271445A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-15
申请号:US18439163
申请日:2024-02-12
Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
Inventor: Simon Duffaut , Mehdi Chafik , Arnaud Besnier , Louis Favie , Quentin Lutrand
IPC: E04H4/16
CPC classification number: E04H4/1654
Abstract: A cleaning system includes a remotely operated vehicle configured as an automatic swimming pool cleaner and/or as a supplement to an automatic swimming pool cleaner. The remotely operated vehicle may be capable of moving through an entire volume of a swimming pool or sup with up to six degrees of freedom. The remotely operated vehicle may support and/or perform a variety of functions or purposes related to or associated with the automatic swimming pool cleaner.
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公开(公告)号:US20220389730A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-08
申请号:US17741198
申请日:2022-05-10
Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
Inventor: Louis Favie , Simon Duffaut , Remi Deloche
Abstract: Automatic swimming pool cleaners (APCs) may include debris filters accessible from externally of the swimming pools in which the APCs are operating. The APCs may be programmed to climb to waterlines of the pools and present their debris filters above the waterlines for removal by users positioned outside the pools. Sensors may determine whether the filters have been reinstalled within the APCs, thus allowing the APCs to return to cleaning service.
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公开(公告)号:US11299899B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-12
申请号:US17076512
申请日:2020-10-21
Applicant: Zodiac Pool Care Europe
Inventor: Arnaud Lancry , Simon Duffaut , Remi Deloche , Louis Favie , Philippe Pichon
Abstract: Swimming pool cleaners may operate autonomously within pools and spas. The cleaners need not include any external hoses or cords, and their bodies may be oriented at pool waterlines so as to make their on-board filters readily accessible for removal. The cleaners may dock at docking stations for various purposes, including (but not limited to) for charging any on-board battery and communicating electronically with the docking station or other external equipment.
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公开(公告)号:US09887505B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-06
申请号:US15320976
申请日:2015-10-23
Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
Inventor: Louis Favie , Remi Deloche
CPC classification number: E04H4/1654 , B63B22/00 , E04H4/1645 , E04H4/1672 , H01R13/523 , H01R13/565 , H01R33/90 , H01R39/64 , H01R39/643 , H02G9/12
Abstract: Detailed is a device for guiding a cable for linking a submerged robot, in particular a robot for cleaning swimming pools, to the device for controlling and powering same, said guiding device including: a. a coupling including a rotary connector, connected by one side to a first floating portion of the linking cable extending from the control and power device to said coupling and, by the other side, to a second portion of the linking cable extending from said coupling to the submerged robot; b. a floating mounting including: b(i). a float; b(ii). an interface for mechanically linking the rotary connector to said float; and b(iii). a hood extending above the surface when the floating mounting is submerged in a liquid and removably connected to the float; c. in which the mechanical link between the float and the rotary coupling is a ball-and-socket link.
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公开(公告)号:US20240317094A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-26
申请号:US18612295
申请日:2024-03-21
Applicant: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
Inventor: Simon Duffaut , Mehdi Chafik , Arnaud Besnier , Louis Favie
CPC classification number: B60L53/37 , B60L53/126 , B60L53/38 , E04H4/1654 , H02J50/005 , H02J50/10 , B60L2200/32
Abstract: A docking station for a pool cleaner includes at least one inductive element for charging the pool cleaner. A docking station for a pool cleaner may include means for guiding the pool cleaner to the docking station using light-based communication. In certain embodiments, the docking station for a pool cleaner may include means for engaging and/or supporting the pool cleaner at a waterline of a swimming pool or spa. A docking station for a pool cleaner a may enclose a pool cleaner within a receiving area in certain embodiments.
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