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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Melvyn L. Henkin, Ventura, CA (US);
Jordan M. Laby, Ventura, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/02 ;
Abstract
An automatic swimming pool cleaning system including a cleaner body intended to travel in a forward direction along a wall surface or on the water surface to substantially randomly traverse a swimming pool. The system includes a propulsion subsystem for producing a force to propel the body in a forward direction, a motion sensor for indicating when the velocity of the body, diminishes below a certain threshold rate, and a repositioning subsystem responsive to said motion sensor indication for producing a limited duration force to change the position of the body after which forward direction motion resumes.