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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dieter J Rief, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Herman E Frentzel, Sausalito, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sta-Rite Industries, Inc., Delavan, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
15-17 ;
Abstract
An automatic swimming pool cleaner having a vibrator on the pool cleaner housing, main bristles projecting to main-bristle ends for supporting the device on a surface to be cleaned, the main bristles inclined such that vibration causes forward movement, and secondary bristles in fixed position projecting to secondary-bristle ends, the secondary bristles inclined in a different direction than the main bristles such that, upon contact with the surface to be cleaned, vibration causes a turning away from the forward direction.