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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc., Sanford, NC (US);
Suresh Gopalan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Nitin Agarwal, Haryana, IN;
Jayamurali Kaladharan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Brian King, Apex, NC (US);
Leonard Richiuso, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
According to some embodiments, a pool cleaner includes a chassis, a housing supported by the chassis, at least one drive wheel supported by the chassis, and a turbine assembly that rotates in one of a first direction and a second direction to drive the at least one drive wheel. The pool cleaner also includes a timer disc assembly with at least one rotating timer disc. The timer disc assembly controls a flow of pressurized fluid away from the housing in a forward direction for backward propulsion assistance of the pool cleaner during a first time period, a rearward direction for forward propulsion assistance of the pool cleaner during a second time period, and a sideways direction for turning propulsion assistance of the pool cleaner during at least a portion of one of the first time period and the second time period. The timer disc assembly also controls a flow of pressurized fluid to the turbine assembly through a first opening for driving the turbine assembly in the first direction during the first time period and a second opening for driving the turbine assembly in the second direction during the second time period.