EP1579096A4
Portable electric pool cleaner
Abstract
A hand-held, electrically-powered pool cleaner includes a body and a nozzle for suctioning pool water. The body has a filter, an impeller and motor, rechargeable batteries, and a handle for carrying the body and for maneuvering the nozzle along a surface being cleaned the surface. The impeller draws pool water through the nozzle and the filter to remove debris water. A filter housing disposed between the nozzle and the body accumulates the filtered debris. The body optionally includes a pole attachment member to receive the free end of a pole for maneuvering the cleaner from outside of the pool.
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| TW200417667A | Taiwan Province of China | A | |
| US6797157B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| US2005035039A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| US6939460B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| EP1579096A1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A1 | |
| US2005279683A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| EP1579096A4This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A4 | |
| CN1732320A | China | A | |
| TWI251049B | Taiwan Province of China | B | |
| US7060182B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| AU2006249562A1 | Australia | A1 | |
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| EP1579096B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| EP1888861A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| EP1888862A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
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| CN101238264A | China | A | |
| IL168225A | Israel | A | |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1579096
- Application
- 37816428
Titles3
- German
- TRAGBARER ELEKTRISCHER SCHWIMMBECKENREINIGER
- English
- PORTABLE ELECTRIC POOL CLEANER
- French
- NETTOYEUR ELECTRIQUE PORTABLE DE PISCINE
Classification
- CPC, 2
- E04H4/1636
- E04H4/1618
- IPC, 1
- E04H4 16
Designated states27
- Contracting states, 27
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
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- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye