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EP4459078A3
EP4459078A3 EP24201618.6A EP24201618A EP4459078A3 EP 4459078 A3 EP4459078 A3 EP 4459078A3 EP 24201618 A EP24201618 A EP 24201618A EP 4459078 A3 EP4459078 A3 EP 4459078A3
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Prior art keywords
pool
cleaning robot
pool cleaning
impeller
housing
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP4459078A2 (en
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Yohanan Maggeni
Shay WITELSON
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Maytronics Ltd
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Maytronics Ltd
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Priority claimed from US15/089,606 external-priority patent/US10533335B2/en
Priority claimed from US15/231,200 external-priority patent/US10723571B2/en
Priority claimed from US15/231,431 external-priority patent/US10260248B2/en
Application filed by Maytronics Ltd filed Critical Maytronics Ltd
Publication of EP4459078A2 publication Critical patent/EP4459078A2/en
Publication of EP4459078A3 publication Critical patent/EP4459078A3/en
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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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  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
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  • Electric Vacuum Cleaner (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
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  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)

Abstract

A pool cleaning robot for cleaning a pool that may include a filtering unit; a housing; an impeller; a pump motor for rotating the impeller; a drive system; andan interface for coupling an extraction element to the pool cleaning robot, during a pool exit process; and wherein during at least a part of the pool exit process an upper end of the interface is higher than the housing.
EP24201618.6A 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot Pending EP4459078A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US15/089,606 US10533335B2 (en) 2013-10-13 2016-04-04 Autonomous pool cleaning robot
US201615231396A 2016-08-08 2016-08-08
US15/231,200 US10723571B2 (en) 2013-10-13 2016-08-08 Pool cleaning robot having an interface
US15/231,431 US10260248B2 (en) 2013-10-13 2016-08-08 Pool cleaning robot and a method for cleaning the pool cleaning robot
EP17162376.2A EP3228783B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot

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EP17162376.2A Division EP3228783B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot
EP17162376.2A Previously-Filed-Application EP3228783B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot

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EP4459078A2 EP4459078A2 (en) 2024-11-06
EP4459078A3 true EP4459078A3 (en) 2025-01-22

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EP24201618.6A Pending EP4459078A3 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot
EP17162375.4A Active EP3228782B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot and a method for extracting the pool cleaning robot from a pool
EP17162378.8A Active EP3228785B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot and a method for cleaning the pool cleaning robot
EP17162376.2A Active EP3228783B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot
EP17162377.0A Active EP3228784B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 System for maintaining a pool cleaning robot

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EP17162375.4A Active EP3228782B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot and a method for extracting the pool cleaning robot from a pool
EP17162378.8A Active EP3228785B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot and a method for cleaning the pool cleaning robot
EP17162376.2A Active EP3228783B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 Pool cleaning robot
EP17162377.0A Active EP3228784B1 (en) 2016-04-04 2017-03-22 System for maintaining a pool cleaning robot

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ES (2) ES2905270T3 (en)

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FR2742351A1 (en) * 1995-12-13 1997-06-20 Hexagone Automatic filter cleaner for swimming pool maintenance robot
US20180100321A1 (en) * 2013-10-13 2018-04-12 Maytronics Ltd. Pool cleaning robot having a filtering unit and a sensor
WO2016026059A1 (en) * 2014-08-19 2016-02-25 Mueller Peter A Storage housing for pool robot

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ES2905270T3 (en) 2022-04-07
EP3228783B1 (en) 2024-10-23
EP3228783A1 (en) 2017-10-11
EP3228784B1 (en) 2023-06-07
EP3228784A1 (en) 2017-10-11
EP3228782B1 (en) 2022-05-25
EP3228785B1 (en) 2021-11-17
EP3228782A1 (en) 2017-10-11
EP3228785A1 (en) 2017-10-11
ES2954602T3 (en) 2023-11-23
EP3228784C0 (en) 2023-06-07
EP4459078A2 (en) 2024-11-06

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