Liquid purification or separation – Structural installation – Closed circulating system
Patent
1993-02-03
1994-08-09
Hruskoci, Peter A.
Liquid purification or separation
Structural installation
Closed circulating system
2102421, 4490, E04H 316
Patent
active
053364007
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is apparatus for enhancing the surface cleaning of a swimming pool having a skimmer inlet in a wall of the pool and the pool having peripheral water movement generally along the wall. A first rigid plate, having an upper and lower edge and inner and outer ends is supported by a support generally vertically adjacent the skimmer inlet such that an upper edge of the first plate is above water level, the inner end of the first plate extends generally vertically downward intermediate the sides of the skimmer inlet and the plate extends inwardly at an angle with the pool wall in a direction opposite the direction of water movement. The lower edge of at least the inner end of the first plate is substantially adjacent the bottom edge of the skimmer inlet. A second plate extends outwardly from the first plate at an angle thereto such that when the apparatus is in operative association with the skimmer inlet, the second plate slants in the direction of water flow, has its lower edge below water level and its outer end downstream of the outer end of the first plate. Debris on the surface of the water or close to it is directed by the first plate to the skimmer inlet. The two plates also cause eddy currents behind the first plate, which current further directs water carrying debris toward the wall of the pool and to the downstream path of the skimmer inlet. With the end of the first plate intermediate the sides of the skimmer inlet, water can still enter the skimmer from behind the first plate as well as in front of it. The speed with which the surface of a pool is cleaned is significantly enhanced.
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Hruskoci Peter A.
Popovics Robert J.
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