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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Wing-kin Hui, Hong Kong, HK;
Wing-kin Hui, Hong Kong, HK;
Smartpool LLC, Lakewood, NJ (US);
Abstract
A swimming pool cleaning vehicle including a housing having a body shell, a frame, and an interior with the housing. The housing having an outlet for releasing air from the shell. The shell being removably attached to the frame, and the frame including a base. The vehicle including a filtration system having a pump motor for pumping pool water through a filtration system, the pump creating a suction force, and the suction force being sufficient to allow the vehicle to climb the pool walls. The vehicle being capable of climbing the pool walls and breaking the surface of the water as it climbs the pool walls. The vehicle including logic for first, initiating vehicle movement, second, shutting off the pump motor, and third, re-starting the pump motor.