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EP1826338A3 - Working method and cleaning device for cleaning a swimming pool - Google Patents

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EP1826338A3
EP1826338A3 EP07405051A EP07405051A EP1826338A3 EP 1826338 A3 EP1826338 A3 EP 1826338A3 EP 07405051 A EP07405051 A EP 07405051A EP 07405051 A EP07405051 A EP 07405051A EP 1826338 A3 EP1826338 A3 EP 1826338A3
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cleaning
path
swimming pool
working method
cleaning device
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Hans Rudolf Sommer
Peter Sommer
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3S Systemtechnik AG
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
    • E04H4/14—Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for
    • E04H4/16—Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for specially adapted for cleaning
    • E04H4/1654—Self-propelled cleaners

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  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
  • Control Of Position, Course, Altitude, Or Attitude Of Moving Bodies (AREA)

Abstract

The method involves driving a cleaning device (2) in a passage in a cleaning path (4) from an initial position in a forward direction to an excavation position in a swimming pool wall (3) at a low speed. A covered distance in the path is measured, and the device is guided into another passage in another cleaning path (5) at low speed. The device is guided in the path (5) at high speed up to a covered distance that is smaller than the former distance. The device is again driven in the path (5) until the wall is excavated. An independent claim is also included for a cleaning device with a control device.
EP07405051A 2006-02-24 2007-02-20 Working method and cleaning device for cleaning a swimming pool Active EP1826338B1 (en)

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CH2952006 2006-02-24

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EP1826338A3 true EP1826338A3 (en) 2008-07-09
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EP (1) EP1826338B1 (en)
AT (1) ATE533906T1 (en)
ES (1) ES2376594T3 (en)

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EP0257006A2 (en) * 1986-08-20 1988-02-24 Mikael Nyström A method of cleaning the bottom of a pool
EP0989256A1 (en) * 1998-09-23 2000-03-29 3S Systemtechnik Ag Working method and cleaning apparatus for cleaning a swimming-pool
EP1041220A2 (en) * 1999-04-01 2000-10-04 Aquaproducts Inc. Pool cleaner directional control method and apparatus
WO2005045162A1 (en) * 2003-11-04 2005-05-19 Aqua Products, Inc. Directional control for dual brush robotic pool cleaners

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US20070199870A1 (en) 2007-08-30
US7987543B2 (en) 2011-08-02
US20100132136A1 (en) 2010-06-03
ATE533906T1 (en) 2011-12-15
US7682461B2 (en) 2010-03-23
EP1826338A2 (en) 2007-08-29
ES2376594T3 (en) 2012-03-15

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