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(88) Date of publication A3: 31.10.2019 (43) Date of publication: 09.12.2020 Bulletin 2020/50 (21) Application number: 19747383.8 (22) Date of filing: 31.01.2019

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G05B 15/02(2006.01) H04L 29/08(2006.01) H04L 12/26(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2019/016078 (87) International publication number: WO 2019/152665 (08.08.2019 Gazette 2019/32)

(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 Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 01.02.2018 US 201815886171 01.02.2018 US 201815886576 19.04.2018 US 201815957482 03.12.2018 US 201816208458 (71) Applicant: Hayward Industries, Inc. Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (US)

(72) Inventors: POTUCEK, Kevin Far Hills, New Jersey 07931 (US) MURDOCK, James Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879 (US) CARTER, James Warren, Rhode Island 02885 (US) FOURNIER, Gregory Kingston, Rhode Island 02892 (US) JOHNSON III, Arthur W. Stoughton, Massachusetts 02072 (US) DENKEWICZ, Ray East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818 (US) BLAINE, David Kingston, Rhode Island 02852 (US) DEBRUIN, Jason Brick, New Jersey 08724 (US) WILLIS, Vance Nunnelly, Tennessee 37137 (US) AUBREY, Bruce Nashville, Tennessee 37201 (US) PETTY, Scott Clemmons, North Carolina 27012 (US) PARCELL, Jason Pfafftown, NC 27040 (US) SAWYER Jr. , Douglas Seekonk, Massachusetts 02771 (US) WISEMAN, Kristopher, Robert Hackettstown, New Jersey 07840 (US) HORROCKS, Craig Kingston, Rhode Island 02852 (US) (74) Representative: Cross, James Peter Archibald et al Maucher Jenkins 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)