Automatic pool cleaner for cleaning a pool with minimum power consumption and method thereof

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EP 2 607 573 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.04.2017 Bulletin 2017/15

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	26.06.2013 Bulletin 2013/26

(21)	Application number: 12198112.0

(22)	Date of filing: 19.12.2012

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E04H 4/16^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME

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Priority:

19.12.2011 IL 21709311

(71)	Applicant: Aquatron Robotic Technology Ltd.
	18550 Afula (IL)

(72)	Inventor:
	Porat, Joseph Delray Beach, FL 33483 (US)

(74)	Representative: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz UK LLP
	16 Upper Woburn Place London WC1H 0BS London WC1H 0BS (GB)

(54)	Automatic pool cleaner for cleaning a pool with minimum power consumption and method thereof

(57) An automatic pool cleaner (10), comprising a pump unit (230), a control unit (280) and a sensor (60), the sensor (60) configured to detect foreign objects in the pool. The control unit (280) configured to activate the pump unit (230) at a first power level which is less then full power when a foreign object is not detected by the sensor (60), and further configured to activate the pump unit (230) at a second power level, which is greater than the first power level, in response to a signal from the sensor unit (150) indicating the detection of a foreign object.

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