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EP 0483677 A3 19920923 - FUNCTIONING METHOD AND CLEANING DEVICE FOR SWIMMING POOLS

Title (en)

FUNCTIONING METHOD AND CLEANING DEVICE FOR SWIMMING POOLS

Publication

EP 0483677 A3 19920923 (DE)

Application

EP 91118211 A 19911025

Priority

  • CH 303291 A 19911016
  • CH 347090 A 19901031

Abstract (en)

[origin: JPH04281967A] PURPOSE: To carry out optimum cleaning by detecting and avoiding an obstacle or the like in a device for cleaning a swimming pool. CONSTITUTION: When a front-side contact rail 18 is operated, a cleaning device 100 is rotated around the axis of the device in a plane until a rear-side switch rail 20 is operated. A signal being detected at that time is used to change a traveling device to retreat traveling and at the same time to straighten out the cleaning device 100 at a place where an obstacle exists. The signal related to the straightening-out is used for changing the traveling device to advance traveling. During a motion direction due to at least one sensor 25 being provided in a casing 1 of the cleaning device, an instantaneous motion direction regarding a running line or being directed toward a running zone-shaped part is detected. The amount of deviation being detected at that time is converted to the signal, and is switched to advance and retreat traveling for reciprocating in a swimming pool so that it can be used to correct direction motion.

IPC 1-7

E04H 4/16

IPC 8 full level

E04H 4/00 (2006.01); E04H 4/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

E04H 4/1654 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0483677 A2 19920506; EP 0483677 A3 19920923; EP 0483677 B1 19970409; AT E151490 T1 19970415; DE 59108653 D1 19970515; DK 0483677 T3 19971027; ES 2101709 T3 19970716; GR 3023656 T3 19970930; JP 3222509 B2 20011029; JP H04281967 A 19921007; US 5256207 A 19931026

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 91118211 A 19911025; AT 91118211 T 19911025; DE 59108653 T 19911025; DK 91118211 T 19911025; ES 91118211 T 19911025; GR 970401300 T 19970604; JP 28506791 A 19911030; US 78493191 A 19911031